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We have this sense that God wants you to experience joy at a profoundly personal level. He wants to bring joy to your world, your life, to the people you love and care about.\\xa0

This can\\u2019t just be about the general \\u201cjoy\\u201d of the season. It has to be felt and experienced on a personal level for it to impact our lives in a lasting way. Otherwise, we\\u2019ll pack up all of our goodwill, peace, love, hope, and joy when we put the Christmas stuff back in storage.\\xa0

The message of God becoming a man\\u2026the story of the incarnation\\u2026Christmas joy\\u2026is so real and so powerful\\u2026it has the potential to impact us far beyond December. It has the power to change us.

In week one, we talked about Waiting in Joy. In week two, we talked about Receiving Joy. This week, we want to talk about Choosing Joy.

To \\u201ctake\\u201d something means you forcefully grab it. You make a choice. It\\u2019s intentional. You exert the effort. And to \\u201ctake\\u201d something assumes it\\u2019s available for the taking. But to take joy? Really? Joy seems so intangible. So subjective. So fleeting. How do you lay your hands on joy? So, how do you Take Joy??