Christ our Life and Joy

We live in a world where people carry around so much - stress, ambition, regret, the pursuit of success, even religion. It's like dragging an overloaded suitcase through life. But Jesus is life - everything else is just excess baggage.

1. Christ is our joy (Philippians 4:4).

2. Christ is our life (Colossians 3:4)

3. Christ is our message (Philippians 1:21; Colossians 1:28).

Paul could rejoice in prison because his joy wasn't chained to his circumstances. His joy and life were in Jesus. So don't drag through life with baggage that can't satisfy, Remember, Jesus is life, everything else is just excess baggage.