Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough

by Kay Warren

Overview

Kay Warren cofounded Saddleback Church with her husband Rick Warren in Lake Forest, California. She is a passionate Bible teacher and respected advocate for those infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS, as well as orphaned and vulnerable children. She founded Saddleback's HIV/AIDS Initiative. Kay is the author of Say Yes to God and coauthor of Foundations, the popular systematic theology course used by churches worldwide. She has three children and five grandchildren.

Learn more at www.kaywarren.com and follow her on Facebook (Kay Warren) and Twitter (@KayWarren1).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800722135
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/01/2013
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, is also the founder of the HIV & AIDS Initiative at Saddleback Church. She is a Bible teacher, author, and international speaker. Warren frequently travels the globe to encourage HIV-positive men, women, and vulnerable children, and today she is a powerful voice on their behalf. In 2007, Kay authored Dangerous Surrender, and the revised and expanded softcover edition, retitled Say Yes to God, was released in 2010. She also coauthored Foundations, a systematic theology course used in churches around the world. She has three children and five grandchildren and lives with her husband Rick in Southern California. Learn more at www.kaywarren.com, and follow her on Facebook (Kay Warren) and on Twitter (KayWarren1).

Table of Contents

Preface 11

Part 1 Joy Is My Inheritance: Embracing the Permission to Be Joyful 13

1 Seeking a Life of Joy 17

2 Showing Our True Colors 31

3 Rediscovering Jesus, the Man of Joy 41

Part 2 Joy Is a Conviction of My Mind: Discovering a New Way of Thinking 59

4 Drinking from Dry Wells 63

5 Adopting Heaven's Value System 81

6 Believing Even in Darkness 99

Part 3 Joy Is a Condition of My Heart: Cultivating a Soul-Response That Allows Joy to Deepen 113

7 Nurturing Joy in Yourself 117

8 Nurturing Joy in Others 137

Part 4 Joy Is a Choice of My Behavior: Ways to Choose Joy Daily 155

9 Getting Back to Basics 159

10 Loving and Laughing Together 175

11 Seeing Joy in All Things 191

Conclusion 207

Acknowledgments 211

Notes 213