The Discipline of Celebration is the last Corporate Discipline.
Back to topWhat is the source of Celebration?
Joy!
Note, it is a Grace, as God gives it to use without us needing to "Merit" it.
What is the difference between happiness and Joy?
Happiness (from hap) is an emotion, caused by your circumstances.
Joy is an attitude based on your outlook.
Back to topWhat is the result of the Celebration?
Celebration gives us the power to continue. We can "gut it out" for a bit, but unless we find a Joy to Celebrate in an activity, it will wither and die for us.
Celebration keeps us alive, and keeps our life from getting "Stuffy".
It gets us out of our "downs" that will inflict us at times.
It gives us a good perspective on ourselves.
Back to topWhere do we get this Joy?
We can't "fake it"
Gift of the Spirit.
We can find it looking backward at God's faithfulness and forwards to his promises.
Which meet in the here and now.
Ultimately, it comes from obedience to God, so we can claim the promises and he can trust his faithfulness.
Back to topHow do we Celebrate?
- By Singing, Dancing, Shouting. Sometimes quiet is good, but we must let it out at times.
- Laughing
- Imagination
- With our Family
- Take advantage of Culteral Events, but make them Holy.
Why is it a "Corporate" Discipline?
We need one another to spur us into really Celebrating. We were made to be social.
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