Defiant Joy –  Nothing To Prove

Defiant Joy  –  Nothing To Prove

Pastor Blake Hanson | 7.26.26

Jeremiah 9:23–24 (NIV)

23This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, 

24but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord.

: is a sense of delight or pleasure you feel regardless of your circumstances. 

Joy is experienced when you stop yourself and start Jesus. 

Philippians 3:1–3 (NIV)

1Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 

2Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 

3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh

THREE COMMON WAYS WE TRY TO PROVE OURSELVES… 

1. Change The

2.  Good  

3.   

WHEN WE HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE WE CAN… 

1. STOP ON OURSELVES 

Jeremiah 17:5 (NIV)

5This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Philippians 3:1 (NIV)

1Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

People who find Joy in the Lord:

Philippians 3:3 (NIV)

3 we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh

1. Serve God by His .

2.  Boast in .

3.  Put no confidence in .

2.  RELEASE THE

Philippians 3:4–9 (NIV)

4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 

5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 

6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. 

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 

8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 

9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

2.  REPLACE PERFORMANCE WITH .

Philippians 3:10–11 (NIV)

10I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 

11and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

Matthew 11:28–30 (NIV)

28“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 

29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 

30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

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