Rooted: Joy
Rooted
(FOS) JOY
Pastor Hope Flask
June 7, 2026
Main Scriptures: 1 Peter 1:3-9
Additional Scriptures: John 16:33, Hebrews 10:19-24, Psalm 42:7
POINTS:
Joy is living in the confidence that comes from what you know is true about God, and is a direct result of a heart that has placed all its hope in Christ.
Hope is the confident expectation of what God has promised.
Joy is closely tied to hope.
Idols are the things or people we place our hope in. Idols will fail you.
Four root idols common to humanity:
Comfort - We believe the lie that life should be easy.
Approval - We think that we can live our lives in such a way that everybody will be happy with us.
Control - We think if we can manage our world, everything will go the way we want, and we will be comfortable.
Power - We are placing our hope in our performance.
Tribulation means severe trouble. It originates from the Latin noun tribulum, which was a heavy threshing board studded with sharp iron teeth. It was dragged over harvested grain to separate the seed from the husk. Tribulation is a separating force.
We can tell we have placed our hope in comfort by how we respond when we are uncomfortable.
We were not born in a world of comfort; we were born into a world at war.
You can live your life without being jerk for Jesus, yet also live it without being controlled by other people’s opinions.
With control, we prioritize our happiness over everyone.
We can control NOTHING, except our response to tribulation.
The lie we believe with power is that we will always win.
To make Jesus the root of your life:
Go to Jesus in and with everything.
Surrender everything to God.
You have not out-sinned the grace of God.
You are completely known by God and welcomed in His presence.
Real joy isn’t found in our victory, but in our surrender.