If the joy of the Lord is our strength, how do we really get that strength, enough to live through all of life's most difficult days? Where does true, lasting joy come from and how do we feel it? Let's chat about that!

Books mentioned this episode:

J.I. Packer "Knowing God"

https://www.amazon.com/Knowing-God-J-I-Packer/dp/0830816518/ref=sxin_11_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.021cacdc-698c-497f-aed0-8965849c4c44%3Aamzn1.sym.021cacdc-698c-497f-aed0-8965849c4c44&crid=3J2TDA8D5B4LH&cv_ct_cx=knowing+God&keywords=knowing+God&pd_rd_i=0830816518&pd_rd_r=04d25c60-24b2-4aa1-b4d1-406b53c4aa0e&pd_rd_w=lu9N8&pd_rd_wg=HZn8H&pf_rd_p=021cacdc-698c-497f-aed0-8965849c4c44&pf_rd_r=YX20R9N9AEXTZ6NFMN2J&qid=1685984162&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sprefix=knowing+god%2Caps%2C105&sr=1-1-6caf8c80-d701-4184-90ff-f670949d61c2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzVVA5WVA4TkdIRU5NJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjY4NjQzMVVOQkxQV0c0OTgzUCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTg0NzEzMzNDSDRGS0ZXSlVaUSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3NlYXJjaF90aGVtYXRpYyZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

Eugene Peterson "A Long Walk in the Same Direction"

https://www.amazon.com/Long-Obedience-Same-Direction-Discipleship/dp/B001P93GME/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1O1QFFCTOWXIE&keywords=a+long+walk+in+the+same+direction&qid=1685984186&s=books&sprefix=a+long+walk+in+the+same+direction%2Cstripbooks%2C86&sr=1-1

Nehemiah 8:8,9

Daniel

Job