Advent is a season of waiting, but it's not passive waiting. Scripture invites us to wait with anticipation, and that kind of waiting is meant to be marked by joy.

In this message, we explore what biblical joy really is, why it’s more than a fleeting emotion, and how it can exist even in the midst of sorrow and frustration. We’ll consider why joy is both commanded and cultivated, and how Advent calls us to fix our hope on a faithful Savior who has come and will come again.

If joy feels complicated or elusive this season, this message invites you to see it not as something you manufacture, but something rooted in Christ himself.