December 17, 2023
What are you counting on for your deepest joy?
Is there a completely reliable source of joy?
The deepest, most reliable source of joy:
To be fully known,
and completely accepted,
and deeply loved,
and never forsaken.
2 “The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. 3 You [God] shall multiply the nation, You shall increase their joy; They will be rejoice in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;”
Isaiah 9:2-3, 6 (NASB1995)
“O Holy Night”
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
'Til He appears and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
21b “… and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
23 “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.”
John 14:21b-23 (NASB1995)
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.
11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!”
John 15:9, 11 (NLT)
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