Joy in Christ

Pastor TJ McConahay · Jun 23, 2026

Drawing from Philippians 4:4-8, the sermon argues that worry and anxiety are answered not by suppressing feelings but by actively choosing joy in the Lord, replacing anxious striving with real prayer and relationship with God, and disciplining the mind to dwell on what is true, noble, and praiseworthy. Worry loses its grip when we stop being merely transactional with God and instead live in communion with Him as a Father who carries what we were never meant to carry, so that we become people who tell a truer, better story about who we are in Christ.