Today, we celebrate the compounded effect of human labor.

In America, we call it Labor Day.

Happy Labor Day to everyone out there, in the states at least.

In fact, day by day, we can invest our lives in what becomes a major enterprise over the

years, like in reflecting on the effect of daily habits and disciplines over the course

of a whole life.

Today's question is from a listener named Kate.

Hello, Pastor John.

I want to start by thanking you for your ministry to the saints.

Your podcast has been helpful in my own life, concerning Christian living.

I've recently been quite intrigued and curious about Christian hedonism, something that

you are so passionate about, and I have come to believe is beautiful.

My question is, what are the little things I can do throughout my busy day to find joy

in God, the joy you so clearly know and experience?

You know, as simple and as practical, even humdrum, as this question sounds, it is one

of the most important questions in the world, maintaining our joy or our satisfaction,

our contentment in God is absolutely essential because, without it, we will be swept away

from Christ with affections for other things.

If we don't find Christ of supreme value, if He is not our supreme satisfaction, something

else will be, and we will be drawn away from the Christian faith.

It's not a small thing to ask the question and find the answer, what are the little things

I can do throughout my day to find and preserve my joy in God, so that I don't find

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