Celebration: A Spiritual Discipline of Joy and Love

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"Richard Foster says [celebration] is a discipline that we have to embrace regularly in our lives. We can get in the place where even the times when we normally would celebrate...become work and not really a celebration." [20:14] (Download)

"Paul says rejoice in the lord always; again I will say rejoice...that means it's something either important or something that I don't think they're really listening to." [21:24] (Download)

"We take ourselves way too serious and then the final one as we head into the Advent season... let's not lose sight of the heart of the holidays that we celebrate." [34:08] (Download)

"The discipline of Celebration might sound oxymoronic, but if we pause for a second, we might see that celebration can indeed be a discipline, and discipline can be a cause for celebration." [19:05] (Download)

"Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him." [22:38] (Download)

"We live every day in the presence of God; we cannot go anywhere to escape His presence. That is what Psalm 139 is all about." [23:52] (Download)

"In His presence is fullness of joy... Joy is always available to us." [24:33] (Download)

"The Love of Jesus never ends and with that in mind let's hear the words that Jesus says spoke it not just to his disciples but also to us when he says this is my body which is for you do this in remembrance of me." [17:12] (Download)

"Jesus, I thank you for this reminder of your steadfast perfect unending love that we see perfectly in the cross but that we also see modeled here that on the night when you were betrayed you were still there serving and loving and helping your disciples." [17:53] (Download)

"We have to remember, although we're adults, we're invited to embrace the joy of childlikeness, to celebrate something freely and just get caught up in a moment of joy, of celebration, without always worrying about what's next." [29:19] (Download)
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