John 16:24

John 16:24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name:

"Ye have not yet learnt how to use my name in prayer." Our Lord had not yet taught them so to pray; but now we know what it is to ask in the name of Christ, it is to pray with the authority of the risen and glorified Son of God.

John 16:24. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

See how our Lord continues to drive at that point, for he would have his people happy. He wants you, beloved, to be ‘joy-full’ - full of joy; not merely to have a little joy hidden away in a corner somewhere, but "that your joy may be full."