Luke 1:28

28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”

Luke 1:44

44 For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

Luke 1:47

47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

Luke 2:10

10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.

20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.

Luke 15:10

10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Matthew 2:10

10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

Context

• How could John leap for Joy before he was born? (Psalm 139:13, Malachi 3:1, Luke 1:14, 15)

Reflection

1. Why was ‘rejoice’ the Angel’s first word to Mary? How could she have both ‘joy in the Lord’ and the ‘Lord of Joy’ inside of her? (Luke 1:28, 47, Philippians 4:4)
2. Why did the shepherds have joy? (Psalm 34:2, 6, Luke 2:10, 20)
3. What gave joy to the wisemen? (Psalm 37:16, Matthew 13:44, 45, Mark 4:19, 20, Luke 12:15, 21)

Testimony Time

1. How can you experience true Joy? (Psalm 51:12, Habakkuk 3:18, Romans 5:1, 11, James 1:2)
2. How are we ambassadors of Joy? (Nehemiah 8:10, Philippians 2:1, Romans 14:17, 1 Peter 1:8)