JOY John 16:20-24 Part 3 of 3

"Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete."

Now is your time of grief 
John 16:6  "Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things."

but I will see you again and you will rejoice 
John 16:16  Jesus went on to say, "In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me." 

and no one will take away your joy 
Jeremiah 31:12  "They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the LORD--the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more." 

In that day you will no longer ask me anything 
John 16:26  "In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf."
John 14:20  "On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you."

my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name 
Matthew 7:7-8  "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete 
John 3:29  "The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 

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