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The Bible treats joy as something God gives and something his people are told to practise, including when life goes badly. Paul tells the Philippians to “Rejoice in the Lord always” (Philippians 4:4) while he is in chains, and Habakkuk resolves to rejoice in God with no crop in the field (Habakkuk 3:17-18). Nehemiah tells a weeping crowd that “the joy of the LORD is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10). Jesus speaks of giving his own joy to his disciples (John…