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I have told you this so My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. (John 15:11) What did Jesus tell us before he made this marvelous promise of complete joy in this verse? If we love like God loves, and obey His commands, then our joy and gladness can be filled to the top, complete and overflowing! We can make choices everyday. Our choice to love and obey God will propel us to our destiny, and our love and obedience will be a source of overflowing joy for everyday living. What does complete, overflowing joy look like? Fullness of joy to me is being so filled with joy that it just flows out of us, much like the river of life that flows out of us as Jesus spoke of in John 7:38, when we are filled with the Holy Spirit. There is an endless supply available to us if we let it flow through us!
I say these thing while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them is what John 17:13 says.
I Thes 5:16-18 tells us that we can be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.