God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. It's our slogan, we love it.

Many of you love it. It's nice balance makes it easy to memorize.

Its nice rhythm paces itself off the tongue,

and most importantly, it's frated with meaning.

In that motto, we summarize God's plan for his creation,

his purpose for our lives, and the aim of desiring God's daily ministry labors

around the globe.

God's glory and our joy in God

are not two things but one beautiful goal and so we say it on repeat

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

And our motto turns 36 years old today.

On this anniversary I want to break into the Apij feet. turns 36 years old today.

On this anniversary I want to break into the APJ feed with a special bonus episode, just a short one,

with a recent discovery and to do it let me set the stage.

Exactly 36 years ago, Pastor John was the 42 year old senior pastor of the for a four-part seminar at Trinity Baptist Church in Wheaton, Illinois.

The seminar was on Christian Hedonism, and he delivered the sessions in four consecutive

evenings at 7 o'clock p.m.

So Sunday night, Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night.

Added to this itinerary in the area, Pastor John also agreed to preach the

Monday morning chapel message at Wheaton College, his alma mater, and that's where history was made.

Pester's entitled his Wheaton Chapel message, God's Memorial Our Joy, a celebration of Isaiah 55 versus 12 and 13.

The joy of God's people is a memorial to God.

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