S - These things we write so that our joy may be made complete.
O - In these first 4 verses John uses the pronoun we instead of I. I need to search and see who the other people in the WE are and I'm seeing that our message of Christ goes a lot further when it is a collective message of we instead of just I (my experience).
"Joy may be made complete"- again need to get out the commentary but I feel like he's telling him that the "we" in this passage if full of joy from what they've experienced but he doesn't feel like it is complete unless he shares it with others (being believers in this passage)
A - I told y'all I had been struggling with some really selfish feelings and I need to always come back to this passage. I can fully experience joy in Christ when I'm doing, giving, and sharing with others. When I start to dwell on those selfish thoughts I need to just stop and reach out to someone else and proclaim Christ's love to them - so my JOY will be complete!
P - Lord thank you that even when we are frustrated and not happy that we can still turn to you and have joy. Help me to use that joy to share with others when they aren't feeling it so much!
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