Restore to me the joy of Your salvation.” In his grief, David longed to experience afresh the joy of his salvation. Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy. If we understand the difference, we can avoid the pitfalls that entice the believer. The time of greatest joy in my life was my conversion to Christ, the defining moment of my whole life. Compared to that, nothing else in the world is of any value. I hear that testimony often. My friend John Guest, a British preacher