{"id":187,"date":"2021-06-06T04:34:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T04:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/street\/?p=187"},"modified":"2021-06-06T04:34:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T04:34:53","slug":"enjoy-god-with-tom-goka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/street\/2021\/06\/06\/enjoy-god-with-tom-goka\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy God with Tom Goka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_89650\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JF7RfpWGYmI?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Enjoy God<\/p>\n<p>I. Do we enjoy God?<br \/>\nJonathan Edwards wrote: &#8220;The enjoyment of God is the only<br \/>\nhappiness with which our soulds can be satisfied. To go to heaven,<br \/>\nfully to enjoy God is infinitely better than the most pleasant<br \/>\naccomodations here. Fathers and Mothers, husbands, wives, children,<br \/>\nor the company of earthly friends are but shadows; Gos is the<br \/>\nsubstance. These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These<br \/>\nare but streams, but God is the ocean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>II. What do we mean by enjoy?<br \/>\nA. Enjoy means to take pleasure in, find satisfaction with, feel or perceive pleasure with possession of . . . God<br \/>\nB. Enjoy origin in old French word meaning to rejoice, take delight. This word is in 2 parts: en = make and joir = joy. The idea is something or someone makes joy for us.<br \/>\nC. An incredible way to view God&#8230;that HE makes us joyful&#8230;thus we enjoy God.<br \/>\nIII. So why do people not enjoy God?<br \/>\nA. They don&#8217;t know the Lord &#8211; Sons of Eli (1 Sam 2: 12) did not enjoy God<br \/>\nB. They don&#8217;t prepare their heart to seek God &#8211; Solomon&#8217;s son, Rehoboam (2 Chr 12: 14)<br \/>\nC. They worship the creation rather than creator (Rom 1: 20), exchanging truth for lies<br \/>\nD. They worship God as world worships their gods (Deut 12: 4, 31)<br \/>\nE. They are religious about where and how to worship &#8211; woman at the well (John 4: 20, 22)<br \/>\nF. Going through the motions, lost awe of God &#8211; (Matt 15: 7-8) and learning fear of God from commandments of man. God finds this disgusting; says that He hates it &#8211; (Amos 5: 21-27)<br \/>\nIV. How to enjoy God?<br \/>\nA. Worship Father in Spirit and in Truth (John 4: 23-24) knowing that the Father is looking for us<br \/>\nB. Joy from God<br \/>\n1. Fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22)<br \/>\n2. Jesus&#8217; joy to make our joy complete (John 15: 11)<br \/>\n3. God gives Joy to those good in His sight (Eccl 2: 26)<br \/>\nC. God my exceeding Joy (Psalms 43: 4)<br \/>\n1. El Simchah Giyli [joyful joy]<br \/>\n2. God of our exceeding joy<br \/>\nD. Greek alliomenoi &#8211; exceeding joy &#8211; idea that something gives us so much joy that we cannot contain it, we have to express it, we overflow with joy. The idea of jumping in celebration<br \/>\n1. 1 Peter 1: 6 &#8211; greatly Rejoice<br \/>\n2. 1 Peter 1: 8 &#8211; Joy inexpressible<br \/>\n3. 1 Peter 4: 13 &#8211; glad with exceeding Joy<br \/>\nE. Rejoice or Delight or enjoy God: Phil 4: 4<br \/>\nF. When you realize who is God to you, knowing who God is, that God&#8217;s presence is with you &#8211; does it not give you Joy&#8230;enough that you have to express it? REJOICE; EXCEEDING GREAT JOY!<br \/>\nV. Enjoying God is a choice and should not be dictated by circumstance (Hab 3: 17-18)<br \/>\nOh that you would look for occassion to simply enjoy God<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy God I. Do we enjoy God? Jonathan Edwards wrote: &#8220;The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our soulds can be satisfied. 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