The Only Enduring Happiness

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Desiring God

Religion & Spirituality, Devotional, Joy, Solid Joys, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, 163859, Jesus, Daily Devotional, John Piper

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🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Two things have to be true if your joy is never to be taken from you. One is that the source of your joy lasts forever and the other is that you last forever.

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0:00.0	September 15, the only enduring happiness.
0:05.0	You have sorrow now, but I will see you again,
0:11.0	and your hearts will rejoice,
0:14.0	and no one will take your joy from you.
0:18.0	John 1622 No one will take your joy from you. John 1622 No one will take your joy from you
0:26.6	because
0:28.6	your joy comes from being with Jesus
0:32.6	and the resurrection of Jesus
0:34.6	means that you will never die.
0:38.3	You will never be cut off from Him.
0:44.3	So two things have to be true if your joy is never to be taken from you.
0:50.3	One is that the source of your joy lasts forever,
0:56.0	and the other is that you last forever.
1:00.0	If either you or the source of your joy is mortal,
1:06.0	your joy will be taken from you.
1:09.0	And oh, how many people have settled for just that.
1:14.6	Eat, drink, and be merry, they say.
1:17.6	For tomorrow we die.
1:20.6	And that's that.
1:23.6	Luke 1219.
1:26.6	Food doesn't last forever, and I don't last forever,
1:31.3	so let's make the most of it while we can.
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