Jesus wants us to have joy: "I have spoken these things that my joy may be in you"
(John 15:11); "until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive that your joy may be full" (16:24); "That they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves" (17:13).
Joy is an under flow of knowledge in who God is and who he is to us personally. This knowledge results in peace, strength, gentleness, kindness, honesty and a myriad of other qualities. It controls our actions and makes us who we are.
