God’s Pursuit: His Glory in Our Joy

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🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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David Mathis | Christian, your joy in God shows the kind of God he is: awesome and glorious, happy and holy, beautiful and delightful beyond measure. So, come, eat, drink, and rejoice.

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0:00.0	So our theme, as you know, and as you heard, is real joy pursuing satisfaction in God.
0:09.3	So we're talking here about Christian joy.
0:14.4	It's supernatural joy.
0:17.7	People outside this room, all around town, all around the world, unbelieving people experience
0:25.2	natural joy.
0:27.5	We're not talking about natural joy, but Christian joy, supernatural joy, real joy, here
0:35.1	this weekend.
0:43.0	And I know in a room like this, some are thrilled for this theme.
0:49.9	You love talking about joy. You experienced joy that give me John Piper on joy. I want to talk about joy. And I'm sure there's some in this room that you'd rather not talk about joy this weekend
0:58.1	because you've got some sorrow that landed on you this week, or you're in a season of
1:06.2	sorrow, or you're undergoing suffering.
1:11.5	And this is for you.
1:13.6	Real joy is especially for you.
1:17.0	Because the joy we're talking about this weekend is not joy that is exclusive of sorrow.
1:23.3	If you suffer, if you have sorrow, this joy must be gone.
1:27.0	No, this is a joy that is deeper than sorrow so it can hold you up in sorrow.
1:34.3	It's stronger than sorrow.
1:36.0	It coexists with your sorrow and your suffering.
1:40.9	So the apostle Paul could say that we're sorrowful, yet we're always rejoicing.
1:47.2	That's real joy.
1:49.4	Comes in and alongside and sustains you in your sorrow and suffering.
1:54.0	So that's you this weekend.
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