Welcome back to the podcast, episode number 1700, as we approach the end of our ninth year.

It's amazing.

We talk a lot about joy in God on this podcast, and when John Piper says God is most glorified

in us, when we are most satisfied in him, he put the motto in the plural, us, we, and this

is intentional.

Even hedonism is not a me and God spiritual nirvana.

To be sure, we experience amazing things alone with God, but divine joy is always meant

to expand and to expand by being shared.

Back in the fall of 2019, Pastor John traveled to Holland to share his life, his passions

and what drives him theologically.

And the result was a fascinating testimonial recorded part of which I want to share with

you today.

Pastor John in Holland in 2019, explaining how we can increase our joy in God and why

we need each other to do it.

God is most glorified, most praised in you when you are most satisfied in him.

So praising is the consummation of joy, it's the completion of joy.

What joy is the essence of praising, the way I like to say it in English because it

sounds so good, is praising is the essence of praising.

You pride something, you value it.

You are satisfied with it and that is the heart and the essence of praising.

Otherwise praising is hypocritical.

Most people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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