Joy

  • The Joy That Stays

    ByPrasad

    Everyone wants to be happy. But happiness, by its very nature, is fragile — built on what happens to us. The English word traces back to hap, an old word for luck and fortune. Jesus does not offer us that. In John 15:11, He offers something far deeper: my joy. His own joy — the same joy that carried Him through the cross. A joy that circumstances cannot reach, that does not require good news to survive, and that grows the closer we stay to the vine. This is the joy He wants to be complete in you.

  • The Effect of Love

    ByPrasad

    Jesus says “If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love.” The moment we hear the word commands, we think of rules — of performance, of things to prove. But John Calvin saw it clearly: obedience is not the cause of His love toward us. It is the effect. We do not obey to earn His love. We obey because we are already living in it. The love always comes first — and a life rooted in that love produces obedience the way a branch produces fruit: not by straining, but by staying.