Gospel of John | Joy to the Full

This Sunday we examine John 16:16-24 and Jesus’s unexpected use of the word “joy”. Addressing disciples caught in confusion and grief, Jesus redefines joy not as surface-level happiness or the absence of pain, but as the collision of God’s presence with our everyday reality. Rather than removing our hardships, God works through them—transforming deep sorrow into an enduring, Spirit-fed joy that remains constant across every season of life.