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Unbreakable Joy: How True Humility Leads to Joy
January 21, 2025 · 35 min
John Mark highlights that adopting the mindset of Christ results in a deeper connection with God and others, ultimately bringing joy to our lives.
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0:00 We started at the beginning of the year a new series entitled An Unbreakable Joy. And as we think about really what it means to have an unbreakable joy, we've been plowing through, the book of Philippians andThe Path to Unbreakable Joy 0:12 we've seen 2 things so far. Gonna see the third 1 today. Thought number 1 in week 1 is if we're gonna have an unbreakable joy, then we need to live a connected life. Well there's so many studies0:24 and so much research done, how about how detrimental living in isolation is for people. Not just relationally, but also emotionally and spiritually in every way. And so we0:36 want to live a connected life. If you miss that, go find it online. Then the next week we looked at the reality, sometimes we live in a life that things go bad. We live a life where regardless of our0:48 planning, regardless of our desire, things just go wrong. Paul never planned to be in chains, but he still encouraged us, when life goes wrong, you still need to learn to live right. And so whatever's0:59 going on in your life, let me encourage you, man be godly in every circumstance, in every space, in every place. And today, we want to understand, if we're going to have true joy, an unbreakable joy, we have to live with1:11 a true humility. And as we think about the best example of all humility, it's always Jesus. He is our example, who although he existed in the very form of God, he was God, he chose to1:23 become a man. Now a lot of people and a lot of theologians are like, what must that have been like for Jesus? Some people say, well, imagine you've been a king all your life, and all of a sudden you wake up1:35 1 day and you're not the king, you're the servant. That would be pretty significant, would it? That'd be a hard thing to swallow that I was the king, now I'm the king's servant. But the reality of it is, you're still1:47 human and and you still are in the palace. So although it would be bad, it wouldn't be the worst. C. S. Lewis, that great theologian of yesteryear, great philosopher of yesteryear, he was pondering on this.1:59 What must it have been like for Jesus to leave heaven and to be born as a baby in Bethlehem that would eventually be delivered in the hands of sinful men, nailed to a2:10 cross for sins that you didn't commit, and to die. CS Lewis, in pondering it, he said probably, the thing you and I might understand, he said perhaps you2:22 didn't wake up tomorrow after being the king and a servant. Perhaps you woke up tomorrow and you were a slug. How many of you remember and know a slug? What what does a slug do?2:34 It basically just leaves a trail to the dog food outside on the patio. How many of us know that? Alright. But he says it's not just that, that you would wake up as a slug because if you had lived all your life as2:46 a slug, you wouldn't know anything but slug things, I guess. I don't know what things they know. But imagine you went to bed tonight as who you are, you woke up tomorrow as a slug, having your2:58 full mental capacities, remembering the life that you live, and you consistently and constantly thought about how awesome it was to be a human. That you used to3:10 drive cars and live in houses, and you used to be able to walk or run or do this or fly on planes and go to beaches, but all of a sudden you're a slug. He goes, that comes close to3:22 what it must have been like for Jesus to leave heaven and come to earth. So as we've been journeying through this book, remember week chapter 1, again if you missed any of these go look at3:34 them. Philippians chapter 1 verse 3, Paul talks to us from a Roman prison about the reality even when life goes wrong, you can still be joyful. Here's what he says3:46 in verse 3. He says, I always thank God every time I remember you. He's talking about the church in Philippi, he's in a Roman prison. He goes, in all of my prayers for all of you, I always pray3:58 with joy. What an incredible thought. That regardless of what's going on in Paul's life, Paul says I pray, but I pray with joy every time I remember you. Regardless of my circumstances, I can have4:10 joy. We've said that 1 of the major themes in this book, that's why we titled this series Ununbreakable Joy, is that regardless of what's going on in your life, you can have joy, I can have joy if we learn to live4:22 well. Then notice verse 5, he says because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. Joy is, Paul is saying I can still have joy every time I think about you4:33 because of what God is doing in your life. Paul is probably also conversely saying, you know, I'm not that joyful every time I think about me. But when I think about you, I'm joyful. When I4:45 think about me, I'm not. When I think about you, I'm excited. When I think about me, I'm not. And so that's the challenge for us all, to think about somebody other than ourselves. Now as we fast forward to 1 of the4:57 verses we're going to look at today, talking about true humility, that's our passage today. Look at it in Philippians chapter 2 verse 5. He says, in your relationships with 1 another, have the same5:09 mindset as Christ Jesus had. What was Jesus' mind? We're gonna see it over and over again. I'm gonna share a few verses today, that although He existed in the very form of God, He5:20 chose to be man. When he could have been served, he chose to serve. When he could have worshiped, he chose5:32 to teach us how to worship. When he could have demanded to be loved, he chose to love instead. When he could have demanded that others washed his feet, he instead chose to wash their5:44 feet. What an incredible thought. So as we journey through this whole series over the next couple of weeks all the way through the end of February, we're going to see 2 major themes in Philippians.5:56 Number 1 is about your mindset. Saw it there. Have the same mind that was in Christ. Whatever you think about will control your life. Whatever6:08 your thoughts are about, they will control your life. He says it over and over again. We're going to see it again today a couple of times. But the second thing is, Paul says you can have6:20 joy regardless of your circumstances, but it requires a true humility. So, why do we need true humility as believers and as a church?6:33 Well number 1, true humility is what ultimately leads to a true harmony. You might want to write that down. True humility leads to true harmony. Not false6:45 humility, not fake humility, not feigned humility. True and genuine humility ultimately in your relationships, in our church, in our life, that will ultimately lead to a true unity and6:57 true harmony. Look at it in Philippians chapter 2 verse 1. Let's just start reading it and just ponder it for a second. He says, therefore if you have any encouragement, that means to come alongside,7:09 from being united with Christ, if there's any comfort from his love, if there's any common sharing in the spirit, if there's any tenderness and compassion, look at verse 2. He says, then make my7:21 joy complete. Now Paul is writing to the church in Philippi, and he says here's how you can make his joy complete. He gives us 4 thoughts. Number 1, he says by being like minded. In other words, let's7:33 have the same mind that Christ had. Let's have the same understanding as a church, what has God called us as a church to do. So thought number 1 is we want to be like minded. We want to have the7:45 same passion, the same heartbeat to do anything and everything that God wants us to do. Then he gives us the second thing. He goes, having the same love. So we want to have the same attitude or the same mindset, we want7:56 to have the same love, We want to have the same spirit, being 1 in spirit, and then finally he says and 1 in mind. Notice, mind starts it, mind finishes. What we think about, what8:07 we ponder when we walk on God's church, walk into God's church or on God's campus, what you think about in your marriage or in your friendships or in your relationship, he says that's gonna drive you.8:19 And ultimately what you think about and the love you show and the love you receive and the joy you shall give and the joy you receive, that's gonna determine how complete you8:31 feel in your relationships and in life. Now, notice what he says, the same mindset. We all need to be reminded what is the most important thing8:45 for a team to win. We are in kind of championship season, you're going to be a couple of game, couple of good games yesterday, I know it's NFL season, but what is the most important thing for a8:56 team? Is for them to have a shared goal and a shared purpose. To understand when we step on the field today, I want to win.9:08 Eventually I want to win a championship. I was going to put a picture of the cowboys up there, but no 1 would remember that. Alright? But here's the key. Here's how many of you know9:21 that as the team step on the field, the point for every player is not personal accomplishments or personal9:32 accolades. The point for a good team is they would all work together, do their part, so the team gets the glory and the team gets the win. Now we9:44 also all can think about those times in those seasons, we've already experienced it, don't know who your favorite, favorite teams are. That man, there has been some amazing player on the field that all of a sudden9:54 they're not throwing the ball to him, or they're not handing him the ball, and he walks over the sideline, throws his helmet down. Right? And you immediately say, dude it's about the team, right? It's about winning the10:05 game. So that's exactly what we see here. How do we make sure that we're not that person that cares about personal accolades or our personal accomplishments? It's we all have a shared goal and a shared purpose.10:17 So let me just restate it now, what is the goal of the church? It is the great commission that we would go and10:29 make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit. That is the entire purpose of the church, is that we would play together.10:41 We would do our parts. We would run the play so that the team, the church, the kingdom of God would ultimately win. Notice what Paul says to the Ephesian believers. And I10:53 love this. He says make every effort. This isn't easy, folks. When we talk about humility, it's not easy. I mean those teams that step on the field today, guess what? There there gonna11:05 be some that they're gonna get the ball all the time. There gonna be other guys they call lineman. They do all the grunt work, right? No 1 talks about them unless11:17 there's a holding penalty or they do something wrong or they jump offside. But let me tell you what, that team will not win without those guys doing their part. And so you and I need to understand that Paul says we need11:28 to make every effort to do what? To keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace. It's hard to be humble. It's hard to let other someone else get11:40 all the accolades. It's hard to simply not be thought of or or not be talked about at all unless something goes wrong. Look at what he says in Romans chapter 5 verse 5, 15 verse 5. He says, may the11:52 God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind. Notice there it is again. Paul in every 1 of his books talks about attitude and he talks about a mindset.12:04 He always talks about an attitude that you and I need to have and a mindset that we want to have. Why? Because that's where God is glorified. Toward each other, have the same attitude in mind toward each other that12:14 Christ Jesus had so that with 1 mind and 1 voice you may glorify the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ. So if we're truly going to have unity and12:26 harmony as a church, it starts with humility. That I'm going to start thinking more and more like Christ and less and less like me.12:38 Here's thought number 2, we're going to read it here in a second. True humility puts others first. True humility will always put someone else in front of12:50 you. Somebody else's needs, someone else's wants in front of yours. Man, you want to see a marriage that works great together? Boy, put 2 people together that care more about the others wants and13:02 needs than they care about themselves. And you'll see a marriage that is an amazing example. So where do we see this? Pick it up in verse 3, notice what it says. He says do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain13:12 conceit. In other words, rather in humility of mind, humility value others above yourselves. In other words, I'm gonna look at your needs and my needs and I'm gonna put your needs above my needs.13:24 Your wants above my wants. And so he says I'm gonna value you and that only can be done if I have true humility. Look at verse 4. Not looking to your own interest, but each of you looking to the13:36 interest of someone else. Now let me tell you what, this isn't easy. It's not hard to be prideful.13:48 It's hard to be humble. It's not hard to be selfish. It's hard to be unselfish. Does that make sense? How many of you have kids?14:01 Anybody have to train your kid to be prideful and selfish? No. You have to talk to them. Well now let's share, that's your sister, that's your brother, that's your friend.14:14 Right? That I know that's your toy, but go ahead and share. Right? You you don't have to train your kids to be selfish. Folks, we don't have to train ourselves to be selfish, even when we come to church.14:26 We have to train ourselves, we have to set our minds to the idea that someone else's needs and wants and desires are more important than mine. And that's when you're truly going14:38 to have the joy that you so desperately desire, is when you stop thinking about me me me and start thinking about them them them. Because then you'll see other people's faces light up. Other14:49 smiles happen. God moving into somebody else's life and you can celebrate and you can say, I played a part in that. I love what Romans chapter 12 verse 10 says, look at what15:01 Paul says. He says, listen, whatever you do, be devoted to 1 another in love and honor 1 another above yourself. So not only do I want to be humble and serve others15:13 and their needs above my needs, but I also want to do what? Be devoted to 1 another and honor 1 another above yourselves. That's where true joy comes from. You've heard me say from this stage, and if you don't remember15:25 it, a great acrostic for joy is this. You might want to write this down, j o y. Jesus first, others second, you15:36 last. Alright? You truly want joy, then live a life that you say, God, I want to honor you. Jesus, I want to be like you. I want to have your mindset. I want to humble myself before If you15:48 honor Jesus first, then you look around and say others second, that was what Jesus did. Remember it says, Jesus did not come to be served, but to what? To16:00 serve. So it's Jesus, others, and you. If you think about yourself last, you will be more joyful than you ever thought you could be. Now if you flip that over, that spells16:12 yaj. That's not a word. And it's a long way from joy. And so so a lot of times we flip that over. We we think about my16:24 needs and my wants and, oh man, is someone saying something to me? Is someone encourage me? Is someone doing this for me? And I will promise you, if you live in a me me me world, you will have no joy. That's16:36 what Paul is saying. I love what Matthew chapter 23 says. Pick it up. Here's what it says. Jesus is talking. He says, the greatest among you will be your servant. For those16:47 who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Here's what here's what Jesus is saying, listen. You spend your life pouring your16:59 life, your energy, your resources, and your talents and gifts out for somebody else, you can trust the God of this universe will take your humility and turn it into his exaltation. He's gonna17:11 use what you have and use what you give in a powerful and a real way. So thought number 1 as we just walk through Philippians chapter 2, is number 1. That if we want to see true harmony17:23 in our relationships, in our church, it starts with true humility. Secondly, true humility always puts somebody else first, and here's number 3, we'll pick it up in verse 5. True humility17:35 reflects the mindset of Christ. It it it reflects the mindset of Christ, who although he existed, we're going to read this here in a second, as God. He didn't stay there.17:48 He chose to humble himself. Not not as a king on the earth, but as a baby born in Bethlehem who who was delivered in the hands of sinful men to die for sins he didn't18:00 commit. What an incredible thought. So let's read it, pick it up in verse 5, and and let me just stop if you don't know this, if you have your notes out, write this down. As you look through God's word, there are a lot18:11 of verses in the New Testament that talk about Jesus. There'll be a verse here that he says, I am the father 1. There'll be a verse here that says, I am God and others say that he was God. But there are 4 major18:23 Christological passages. Those are passages that are condensed with things that tell us a lot about Jesus. Philippians 2 is 1 of them. John 1 is 1 of them. Remember, in the beginning was the18:34 word, the word was with God, and the word was God, and the word became flesh and dwelt among him. That's John 1. So Philippians 2, John 1, Colossians 1 and 2. There's a lot in there. We're gonna read a little bit of18:46 Colossians chapter 2 here in a second. And then Hebrews chapter 1. In Hebrews chapter 1, we're told that he is the exact radiance of God's glory, Jesus. He is exact representation18:58 of God. And he was higher than the angels. I explain a little bit of that here in a second. But those are 4 major chrysological passages. Here's 1 of them. Philippians chapter 2, let's read what Paul reminds19:09 us and tells us about Jesus. He says this, verse 5. He says, in your relationships with 1 another have the same mindset, there it is again, as Christ Jesus, who being in the very19:21 nature or being very nature, that is the Greek word morphe. You ever heard the word morphology? That's the study of nature or forms or who we are. Man, it is a form. He says19:33 being in the very form God, he was God, did not consider equality with God, that's in heaven, as something to be used to his own advantage. So what is he saying? That19:45 when Jesus chose to leave heaven, he chose to leave some of those advantages of living in heaven behind. Now what he did not leave was his19:56 godliness or his deity. He just chose not to use everything he had as his own advantage here on this earth. So notice what it says, didn't use it to his own advantage. Verse 7, but20:08 rather, he made himself nothing by taking on the very nature of a servant. So he was the form of God who gave up some of the advantages of being in heaven and took20:20 on the form of man. So now you have the idea that Jesus is fully God and fully man. What did John 1 say? In the beginning was the word, the word was with God, the word was God, then the word became flesh.20:33 God became flesh in Jesus and dwelt among us. Alright? So that's when you hear me say over and over and over and over again, that Jesus was fully God and fully man. That's what it says in20:45 John 1, it says it in Philippians 2, it says it in Colossians 1 and 2, it says it in Hebrews 1. Journey 3, let's continue to read. Rather, he made himself nothing, he gave up some of the advantages in heaven, by taking20:57 on the nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. Alright? He was born. So in that moment, that birth in Bethlehem, you had the eternal Jesus who was there at21:08 the beginning, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. This eternal God, fully God, added humanity to deity. So let's read on. By taking on the very nature of a21:20 servant, being made in human likeness, look at verse 8, and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on the cross. Now21:32 there have been some who said, well, so when Jesus became a man, he he was no longer God. That's not what the Bible says. Go read John 1, go read Hebrews21:44 1, go read Colossians 1 and 2, go read Philippians chapter 2. It says he didn't give up his deity, he added humanity to his deity. And that is very important for us to understand.21:57 Now remember when Jesus walked around on this earth, he proved he was still God. He just submitted and humbled himself in his humanity. He hungered, he thirst,22:09 he wept, he bled, he died. He got exhausted in his humanity. That's humbling himself. But in his deity, he calmed the storms, he walked on the22:21 water, he fed the 5000. So what do you see? In Jesus, he has both of them still present and both of them still there, Alright? He just chose to give22:33 up some of the things in heaven. Go over to Colossians chapter 2. So he's fully God, fully man. Let me show it to you there. Says for in Christ, verse 9, all the fullness22:44 of deity lives in bodily form and in Christ you have been brought to his fullness. Notice the word fullness twice. You say, kind of a unique word to put in22:56 there. Well if you go over to the Colossian church, it was a little different than the Philippian church. The Colossian church, you had a bunch of Greeks who were also in love with Greek philosophy. They were called23:07 gnostics, alright? Gnosis in Greek means special knowledge. In other words, these these Greeks thought, man, Christianity is good, we understand Jesus was powerful, he died on the23:19 cross for us, but they would debate, alright, well clearly Jesus was special, but how special was he? Clearly he had a divine spark, but was23:31 it a significant spark or a little spark? And so notice Paul uses the word fullness twice. He says all the fullness of deity dwell in him in bodily form. The best way23:43 I can illustrate it is with an image. Put an image up there of the sun and the sun rays going to earth. Okay? The sun clearly is the sun. Now you go just outside the23:55 sun where you start having these rays coming from the sun to the earth, it is hot, we can't live there ever. But the closer and closer it gets to earth, things begin to cool, right? We24:07 begin to survive if it hits us. If we're right up against the sun, boom, you're dead. But the further you get away from the sun, the less sun ish the sunlight is. Just enough where24:18 when God created the earth, he says I'm a put the sun here and I'm a put the earth right here. Alright. So what you had is you had these gnostics, who kind of saw Jesus and God as the sun and the earth24:30 and the rays. Is the sun represents God, alright? They believed in the sun rays represented levels of divinity. And what they debated24:42 is well, you know, Jesus had had flesh, so he couldn't have been God. But, he was powerful, he presented miracles, he came back from the dead, so alright, he's24:54 he's closer to God than we are. They would say, well he's got that divine spark. And so what happened is the gnostics used to debate, where is Jesus on this scale? Is Jesus 10 percent God and 9025:06 percent flesh? Is he 50 percent God, 50 percent flesh? And they debated, and they put him in by the way, they put all kinds of things on their divinity scale. They25:18 put angels on the divinity scale. Why? Because remember, in their dualistic mindset, they thought spirit was good and matter was evil. And they would ask the question, well if we believe that this25:30 eternal logos, remember in John chapter 1, in the beginning was the word, that's the word logos. In the beginning was the word, the word was God, the word was with God. They believed in this divine eternal God who was25:42 all spirit, just like you and I do. But they believed that man, how could ask the same question you and I ask. How could this powerful, all powerful good God who is25:53 spirit create an earth that has evil on it? Same question you and I ask, right? And their response to that was, well, that God didn't actually26:05 create the earth. He created beings that were less and less God and more and more physical along the way, to where the last God, somewhere down the line, was26:17 powerful enough to create a world, but not good enough to create a perfect world. Does that make sense? And so they've sit there and they debated, where is Jesus on this Jesus scale? Where is26:29 Jesus on this God scale? They would say, well the angels are clearly further up the scale than we are. Why? Because angels don't have a body. They believe in angels. That's why if you go look at Hebrews chapter 1, the26:40 writer of the book of Hebrews says, he is higher than the angels. Why? Dealing with this mindset. They would put some of the Greek philosophers, they would say Socrates, boy he was he was clearly more divine than we are,26:52 but he still had a body so he really wasn't God. And so what Paul does, put that image back up there. If you look at that image, Paul says take the whole fullness, all of the27:04 race, that's all of the Godhead. Paul says for in him all the fullness of deity dwelt in27:16 body bodily form. And let me just tell you, they just went. They went, wait. You're telling me in this Jesus that he is 100 percent God27:28 and 100 percent man, and Paul used their word fullness, pleroma. He says in this 1 man, he is fully God, and he is fully man. What27:40 an incredible thought. And just blew them away. Now notice this same God, and this blew them away even more. Look at Matthew chapter 20 verse 28. This fully God and fully man27:52 Jesus, he tells us his purpose. Look at this humility, Matthew chapter 20 verse 28. Jesus says the son of man, talking about himself, did not come to be served, but28:03 to serve and give his life as a ransom for many. That blew him away. That this individual named Jesus, who was fully God, fully man,28:15 who could have absolutely demanded people serve him and worship him and honor him, instead served others and gave his life as a ransom for many. What an incredible thought.28:28 Remember in John chapter 13, when Jesus was up in the upper room right before he was about to be betrayed by Judas and delivered into the hands of sinful men? Jesus there, he's surrounded by his disciples,28:40 none of them were perfect. There's a bunch of, bunch of guys in the room that, man, you know, we identify with because, yeah, very imperfect people. Remember what Jesus did in that moment?28:52 Says he knelt down and he began to wash the disciples' feet. If you go look at it in John chapter 13 when it talks about that, after he washed their feet, he said,29:04 I leave you this as an example for you to follow. You say, pastor are you saying that we should go around washing people's feet? That was a different culture.29:16 If you were just to stroll up to someone at church someday when they walked in the door and you you got on your knees, you've been able to pull their shoes off, they would think you were weird. And so would I.29:29 But what Jesus was demonstrating is this, if I, as fully God and fully man, can kneel down29:41 and serve someone ever, someone else who should be serving me, wash someone else's feet who should be washing my feet, can't we do it all the more?29:54 So true humility, it is the key to harmony. True humility puts others first. True humility comes from having a mindset of Christ who although he30:06 existed in the very form of God, did not use that to his advantage. But as fully God and fully man, he loved you, served you, and cared for you. And number 4, you say golly pastor, this sounds30:18 like I'm going nowhere but down. Can you imagine just having a seminar? On hey, how to go down as far as you30:30 can. Or as we're going to see, a seminar on becoming nothing. Doesn't sell real well. We want to go up, we don't want to go down. God knows30:41 that. That's why the fourth point is true humility is what leads to your ultimate elevation. See, when we begin to have the mindset and the heart and the30:53 attitude and the life of Christ, God takes note and he will exalt you. You say, how do you know that? That's exactly what he did with Jesus. Pick it up and let's start reading it. Philippians chapter 2 going to verse 9,31:04 therefore after Jesus went down down down, humble humble humble, serve serve serve, love love love, give give give, betrayed die. Then it says therefore God exalted him to the31:16 highest place and gave him the name that is above every name. Now listen to this, that at the name of Jesus, everybody say Jesus. Jesus. Let's do that again, say Jesus. Jesus. If you're online, type that in. That31:28 at the name of Jesus, every knee, not most of them, every knee would bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue will acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the31:40 glory of God the father. You're either going to do it now or you're going to do it in eternity. But you're gonna know and acknowledge who Jesus is someday, some way, and you're gonna bow the knee. So here's how I wanna31:50 close with this amazing message is this. Philippians 2 is an amazing passage, but if you don't answer these 5 questions right, you're gonna32:02 miss a whole lot. Number 1, have you bowed the knee to Jesus Christ? Has there come a time where you've gotten on your knees32:14 before God, said thank you for sending your son to die on the cross for my sins, allowing him to die and be32:26 buried and rise again? Have you bowed the knee? Number 2, have you accepted Jesus as savior lord? After you bow the knee, have you said, God I'm not32:38 worthy of forgiveness, not worthy of salvation, I'm not worthy of grace. Have you ever come to a place where you've accepted Jesus Christ as savior and lord? Here's number32:50 3. Have you made it a pattern in your life of consistently exalting Jesus above self? Consistently saying33:01 it's about him, it's not about me. Number 4, if you bowed the knee, if you trusted Christ, if you consistently make it about Jesus, not about yourself. Number 4, do others know it?33:14 Have you been open and honest about the fact that you are a follower of Jesus Christ? He was perfect, I am not. But in every way I can, I'm gonna possibly be. Every way I can possibly33:26 be, I'm gonna serve and love and give my life as a ransom for many just like Jesus. Then number 5, when it comes to your mindset and your attitude,33:39 are you humble like Jesus? Are you humble? He could have demanded anything and everything. Remember at Easter we sing that song years ago, that old hymn. He could have33:50 called 10000 angels. How many of you remember that? He could have done it, but he chose not to for you and for me. Church,34:02 let's demonstrate true humility. We'll have more unity, more joy, more harmony, and more fun as a church. Why? Because we're all putting each other first. It's never about me, it's34:14 about y'all. And guess what? If I put y'all first and y'all put me first, we're all going to be happy. Do we understand that? That's God's way. Let's pray. God, thank you so much. God, thank you34:26 for for your son who showed us the way, pointed the way, demonstrated the way, and went the way. God, thank you for the humility34:38 that Jesus represents. God also thank you for exalting him, that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue will confess. God I pray that if there's someone in this room today or someone online34:50 that has never bowed the knee and accepted Jesus as savior and lord, that this would be the day that they would do just that. God let us as a church live in true harmony and unity as we do35:02 now. Let us enjoy the fact that we get the privilege of being like Christ to serve others. In Jesus name we pray. Amen andIn this video 0:00 The Path to Unbreakable Joy
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