Title: Wise Enjoyment
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03:11 - Where Does True Enjoyment Come From?
07:57 - What Gets in the Way of Joy?
08:49 - Foolishness
11:17 - Greed
13:36 - Strife
16:54 - Laziness
18:42 - Pride
20:02 - Removing The Anti-Joy Postures to Make Room for the Spirit
21:55 - What Are the Gifts We Are Meant to Enjoy?
22:27 - The Fear of the Lord
23:05 - Love and Peace in the Home
24:14 - Wise and Faithful Friends
25:37 - Home and Righteousness
26:15 - Diligent, Honest Work
27:13 - Well-Ordered Households
28:37 - Fitly Spoken Words
30:49 - Sweet Food
32:12 - Generosity
32:49 - Humility and Teachability
34:15 - Family
35:49 - Joy is Both Relational and Material
38:36 - All Joy Finds Its Center in Christ
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Various Proverbs
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In his sermon titled Wise Enjoyment, Pastor Isaias Viñales teaches from Proverbs on how godly wisdom forms the foundation for lasting joy. While the world offers constant entertainment, it often leaves people weary and unsatisfied. Proverbs offers something deeper: a vision of joy rooted in the fear of the Lord and the pursuit of wisdom. Wisdom brings peace, pleasantness, security, and rest (Proverbs 3), and teaches that true enjoyment is relational, not just circumstantial. Viñales outlines several joy-killers: foolishness, greed, strife, laziness, and pride. Each one distorts or destroys the heart’s ability to receive God’s gifts with gratitude.
In contrast, Proverbs encourages the enjoyment of specific blessings: the fear of the Lord, peace in the home, faithful friendships, hope, honest work, well-ordered households, fitting words, sweet food, generosity, humility, and family. These are not luxuries but sacred pleasures that reflect God's goodness. The sermon closes by grounding all joy in Christ, who endured the cross for the joy set before him (Hebrews 12:2) and now invites his people to experience that joy in him. True enjoyment begins with God, receives his gifts with thanks, and points back to him in worship.
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