We have a question today from a listener named Brents.

Hello, Pastor John.

I want to first say thank you for your ministry

and for the podcast.

Do you have helped me grow deeper in my love for the savior

and help me to know more of what his word says to us?

Thank you.

On to my question.

I have read countless times in God's word

that God is where we will find our fullness of joy.

But I don't know what fullness of joy looks like practically.

I don't know if I've ever experienced the fullness of joy in God.

What is it and how would I know it when I saw it?

Well, I love questions like this because they make me

do what ought to have been done a long time ago,

namely just pause over phrases and words that we use so often

and see if I can identify biblical meanings, definitions,

content so that we don't just throw around our favorite phrases.

I mean, just give a couple of verses where that's a really good phrase,

fullness of joy or joy full.

Psalm 16 11 is in my DNA.

I hope you make known to me the path of life

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