THE BRIDE

JOEL 2:16 Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room.

MATTHEW 25:6 "And at midnight a cry was heard: `Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'

MARK 2:18¶ The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" 19 And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. 20 "But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.

·        THE BRIDAL CHAMBER

1.     The Bridal Chamber Is A Place Of Readiness

2.     The Bride Is Ordinary When She Steps In

3.     The Bride Steps Out Changed And Ready For The Groom

4.     Everyone Stands In Awe Of The Bride

·        WITH OUR JOY

1.     The Joy Of The Lord Is Our Strength (Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, "Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our LORD. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

2.     In His Presence Is Fullness Of Joy (Psalms 16:11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

3.     The World Should Stand In Awe Of Our Joy

·        WITH OUR PEACE

1.     Peace With God (Romans 5:1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

2.     Fruit Of The Spirit (Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

3.     In The Midst Of The Trouble (John 14:27"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

·        WITH OUR LOVE

1.     Love For One Another (John 13:35By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

2.     Love That Passes Understanding (Ephesians 3:17that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height---- 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

3.     Love That Never Fails (1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

WITH THE POWER OF GOD

1.     We Shall Receive Power (Acts 1:8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

2.     Not With Words, But With Demonstration (1 Corinthians 2:4And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

3.     These Things And Greater (John 14:12¶ "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.