We write these things so that our joy may be complete.And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.
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… will be done for you, and here's the phrase, that your joy may be full. Anything you ask for will be done that your joy may be full. I would like to suggest that these, this 16th Psalm and John 16 are parallel passages in that you were designed to live in joy because the cries of your heart have been fulfilled. People tell me, I just, I don't know, I pray, nothing happens. Try talking to God about something he wants to talk about. yeah well I thought he was my father he wanted to talk to me about anything yeah I'm all in but he's not listening apparently so talk to him about something that he wants to talk about that may sound silly to you but it's a different way of phrasing seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added it is so easy in this Christian life to turn the affection towards the things that are added and not on the king and his kingdom. …
… we declare to you that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly our fellowship is with the Father and therefore with His Son, Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. This is the message. Someone say, this is the message. Which we have heard from the beginning and declare to you that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ, his son, cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, whack, right? We deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, this is that believer's bar of soap I was telling you about. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. …
… with joy. John writes in his first epistle, these things I write unto you, that your joy may be full. Joy is clearly the benchmark of a truly converted person. Why? Because your eternity is settled. You have nothing to fear. in the life to come. Now you can experience diminished joy when sin comes into your life. Your joy can fade away, because assurance is a gift of the Holy Spirit to an obedient believer. You remember in Psalm 51, in David's great sin, he prayed to God and asked God to wash wash Him, make Him clean, and restore to Him the joy of His salvation. But salvation in its essence has built in joy. What do you care what happens in this life? We're only here for a moment, for a breath, compared to eternity. No matter how difficult life is, Jesus in Matthew 5, 11 and 12 says, blessed are you when all men speak evil of you, when they persecute you. What do you care? …