The Joy of God

Max Lucado Daily Devotional

Max Lucado

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 1 minutes

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“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He...

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0:00.0	For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your
0:06.6	sakes, he became poor, that you, through his poverty, might become rich.
0:12.9	This is Max Lakato.
0:14.8	No man had more reason to be miserable than Jesus, yet no one was more joyful.
0:20.3	He was ridiculed.
0:21.6	Those who didn't ridicule him wanted favors.
0:24.6	They wanted to kill him.
0:26.6	He was accused of a crime he had never committed.
0:28.6	Witnesses were hired to lie.
0:30.6	They crucified him.
0:32.6	He left as he came, penniless.
0:35.6	He should have been miserable and bitter, but he wasn't. He was
0:40.6	joyful. He possessed a joy that possessed him. I call it a sacred delight. Sacred because it's
0:48.9	not of the earth. Delight because it's just that. The joy of God.
0:58.3	He offers it to you, my friend, a sacred delight.

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