1. Realize that authentic joy in God is a gift
2. Realize that joy must be fought for relentlessly
3. Resolve to attack all known sin in your life
4. Learn the secret of gutsy guilt: How to fight like a justified sinner (Micah 7:8-9)
5. Realize that the battle is primarily a fight to see God for who He is (Psalm 34:8)
6. Meditate on the Word of God day and night
7. Pray earnestly and continually for open-heart eyes and an inclination for God (Psalm 90:14)
8. Learn to preach to yourself rather than listen to yourself
9. Spend time with God-saturated people who help you see God and fight the fight
10. Be patient in the night of God’s seeming absence (Psalm 40:1-3)
11. Get the rest, exercise, and proper diet that your body was designed by God to have
12. Make a proper use of God’s revelation in nature
13. Read great books about God and biographies of great saints
14. Do the hard and loving things for the sake of others- witness and mercy
15. Get a global vision for the cause of Christ and pour yourself out for the unreached
(John Piper, Desiring God, 352-364)
