The Joy of the Lord
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 7 December 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Jesus is a joyful King, and we find in his High Priestly Prayer that he desires that his people would be filled with his joy too. We all have a myriad of burdens and things in life that cause us stress and worry. But what does it look like to have deep abiding joy in all circumstances? Today we’ll explore that and more.
Our Scripture for today comes from John 17:13, and today's worship is Joy Is Coming by Todd Galberth (feat. Travis Greene).
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| 0:00.0 | Jesus is a joyful king, and we find in his high priestly prayer that he desires that his people will be filled with his joy too. |
| 0:12.2 | We all have a myriad of burdens in things in life that cause us stress and worry. |
| 0:18.0 | But what does it look like to have deep abiding joy in all circumstances? |
| 0:23.0 | Today we'll explore that and more. Welcome to the first 15 podcast. Jesus came to bring about |
| 0:31.0 | the fullness of joy in man. Often we see Christians who are not exhibiting a lifestyle of joy, |
| 0:36.7 | and therefore we assume God |
| 0:38.4 | is not a happy God. We see all the darkness that surrounds and assume that God is most often |
| 0:43.9 | angry or sad. But in John 1713, Jesus prayed to the Father, but now I am coming to you, |
| 0:51.4 | and these things I speak in the world that they may have my joy fulfilled |
| 0:55.8 | in themselves. Jesus' prayer in John 1713 demonstrates two important life-changing truths for you and me. |
| 1:05.0 | First, Jesus had joy. We could not have his joy fulfilled in us if he didn't have joy to start with. And |
| 1:12.7 | the whole of Scripture supports the truth that within God dwells the fullness of joy. Psalm 1611 |
| 1:18.4 | says, You make known to me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy. At |
| 1:24.0 | your right hand are pleasures forevermore. And Galatians 522 tells us that joy is a fruit of the Spirit. |
| 1:31.3 | The God whom you have been filled with at salvation longs to produce the fruit of joy in your |
| 1:36.3 | life. |
| 1:37.3 | He longs to make you a joyful person from the inside out, that your joy wouldn't be based on circumstances |
| 1:42.3 | or the fleeting whims of the world. |
| 1:44.9 | Second, John 17 tells us that we can have the joy of Jesus for ourselves. |
| 1:49.8 | The God of joy longs to fill you to overflowing with satisfaction and hope. |
| 1:55.1 | He longs to make your joy abundant and transcendent of the good or bad around you. |
| 2:00.1 | God is joyful because it's a part of |
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