July 27
Joy to be Sought Through Christ
Scripture
KJV
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
ESV
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
John 16:24
Poem
Dark and cheerless is the morn,
Unaccompanied by thee;
Joyless is the day's return,
Till thy mercy's beams we see:
Day-spring from on high, be near;
Day-star, in our hearts appear.