How to discover Full Joy and Eternal Pleasure

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How to discover Full Joy and Eternal Pleasure Psalm 16

How to discover ‘Full Joy and Eternal Pleasure’ You must make Jesus your supreme treasure How do I do that? Make Jesus your refuge (Saviour) – v1 “Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge’.

How to discover ‘Full Joy and Eternal Pleasure’ You must make Jesus your supreme treasure How do I do that? Make Jesus your refuge (Saviour) – v1 Make Jesus your supreme desire above all else – v2 ‘I said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”

“Whom have I in heaven but You “Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.” Psalm 73:25 

“Everything without God is pathetically inferior to God without everything.” Sam Storms  

How to discover ‘Full Joy and Eternal Pleasure’ You must make Jesus your supreme treasure How do I do that? Make Jesus your refuge (Saviour) – v1 Make Jesus your supreme desire above all else – v2 Make Jesus friends you best friends! “As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.” V3.

How to discover ‘Full Joy and Eternal Pleasure’ You must make Jesus your supreme treasure How do I do that? Make Jesus your refuge (Saviour) – v1 Make Jesus your supreme desire above all else – v2 Make Jesus friends you best friends – v3 Make Jesus the exclusive centre of your life – v4 “The sorrows of those increase who run after other Gods. I will not pour out their libations(offerings) of blood or take their names on my lips’

How to discover ‘Full Joy and Eternal Pleasure’ You must make Jesus your supreme treasure How do I do that? Make Jesus your refuge (Saviour) – v1 Make Jesus your supreme desire above all else – v2 Make Jesus friends you best friends – v3 Make Jesus the exclusive centre of your life – v4 Make Jesus your present and eternal inheritance – v5 ‘The boundary lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, surely I have a delightful inheritance’

How to discover ‘Full Joy and Eternal Pleasure’ You must make Jesus your supreme treasure How do I do that? Make Jesus your refuge (Saviour) – v1 Make Jesus your supreme desire above all else – v2 Make Jesus friends you best friends – v3 Make Jesus the exclusive centre of your life – v4 Make Jesus your present and eternal inheritance – v5 ‘The boundary lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, surely I have a delightful inheritance’

“You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.” Numbers 18:20

“He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only.” C. S. Lewis

How to discover ‘Full Joy and Eternal Pleasure’ You must make Jesus your supreme treasure When Jesus is your supreme treasure: You will have peace in the sleepless nights - Ps 16:7 You experience His stability in trials - Ps 16:8 You experience eternal joy and pleasure in God’s presence – Ps 16:10-11

Coffee question: Your friend claims to be a Christian, but is not experiencing joy in Christ. He asks your help. Where would you begin?