More Than Happiness
Christian joy is deep gladness rooted in God's presence and character, spacious enough to remain real amid grief, thirst, uncertainty, and loss.
The Knowing Series, Volume 07
Knowing Joy
Joy Overflows. Rejoicing in the God Who Is Our Gladness.
Craig Marvin Johnson
The gladness of the unchanging God becomes strength that overflows.
Receive joy rooted in who God is, strengthened through gratitude and worship, and made generous enough to overflow into others.
Joy is the strength of a life rooted in the unchanging God.
Seven movements
The journey through Knowing Joy.
Each movement opens Scripture, names a place of formation, and invites a faithful response.
Good News of Great Joy
Joy arrives as a gift in Jesus Christ, whose coming, death, resurrection, and reign provide its unshakable beginning and ground.
That My Joy May Be in You
Disciples receive the joy of Christ by abiding in His presence, words, love, prayer, and the Spirit's indwelling life.
Joy in the Furnace
Joy in suffering neither celebrates evil nor denies pain but laments honestly, receives help, endures with Christ, and remains stronger than ease.
The Joy of Obedience
Grace comes before the command and forms joyful obedience expressed through generosity, repentance, faithful action, and the way of Jesus.
Rejoice with Me
God forms a celebrating people who welcome sinners, share one another's gladness and grief, practice unity, and rejoice together in redeeming grace.
Fullness of Joy
Believers live toward the final celebration when sorrow becomes joy, death is defeated, creation is renewed, and God dwells fully with His people.
Use the volume
Read personally. Walk together. Practice faithfully.
Personal study
Read with an open Bible, prayer, and room to respond.
Small groups
Turn insight into conversation, encouragement, and action.
Leadership formation
Build shared language for a life shaped by Christ.
One-to-one discipleship
Walk through one movement at a time with another believer.
The complete formation path