- Realize that authentic joy in God is a gift
- Realize that Joy must be fought for relentlessly
- Resolve to attack all known sin in your life
- Learn the secret of gutsy guilt: how to fight like a justified sinner
- Realize that the battle is primarily a fight to see God for who He is
- Meditate on the Word of God day and night
- Pray earnestly and continually for open heart-eyes and an inclination for God
- Learn to preach to yourself rather than listen to yourself
- Spend time with God-saturated people who help you see God and fight the fight
- Be patient in the night of God seeming absence
- Get the rest, exercise, and proper diet that your body was designed by God to have
- Make a proper use of God's revelation in nature
- Read great books about God and biographies of great saints
- Do the hard loving thing for the sake of others- witness and mercy
- Get a global vision for the cause of christ and pour yourself out for the unreached
by John Piper
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