Abiding in Christ: A Joy-Filled Life

Pastor Doyle Smith — Sermons · Aug 26, 2026

Scripture: John 15:11, John 16:20, John 16:22, John 16:24, 1 Peter 1:6-8, Psalms 20:5 He will give it to you. Until now, you've asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. And then I want to read John 15, 11. As we talked about in our Sunday school classes this morning, this passage of scripture is that one that begins with, I am the vine, you are the branch. If you abide in me, and I will abide in you. And if you abide in me, and I in you, you will bear much fruit. And then he says at the end of that little story there, he says in verse 11, th...