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Joy, rejoicing, delight, and gladness in God
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Fearing and Hoping
Psalm 147:11
… or foot soldiers give Him any gladness—the Lord takes pleasure in very different persons from these. His delight, His joy, His solace—if we may use such …
COMMENTARYPsalm 108
Psalm 108
… I will rejoice. If God has spoken we may well be glad: the very fact of a divine revelation is a joy. If the Lord had meant to …
SERMON • SERMON 2592The Power of Christ's Name
Acts 3:16
… And we have cause to rejoice that our Jesus has all power in Heaven and in earth! If Joshua had power to bring the Israelites into the Promised …
SERMON • SERMON 2623How Faith Comes
John 4:39-42
… Perhaps they even battled with her and raised questions—I will not say quibbles—but, at last, to her great joy, they said to her, "'Now we believe …
SERMON • SERMON 2317Obeying Christ's Orders
John 2:5
… If they suffer with Him, they also rejoice with Him. If He goes to a feast, they must go, too—"Both Jesus was called and His disciples." They …
SERMON • SERMON 1141Good News for the Destitute
Psalm 102:17
… with good things and their hearts are filled with gladness. You may see their riches, for the joy of their countenances and the bliss of their daily work …
SERMON • SERMON 1994Sweet Peace For Tried Believers
John 16:33
… But it is not so—the saints are arrayed in white linen, which is the emblem of gladness as well as of purity. The Savior does not wish …
SERMON • SERMON 2913David's First Victory
1 Samuel 17:50
… Jesus, the antitype of David, is anointed with the oil of gladness above His fellows! Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ. The Spirit was not given by …
SERMON • SERMON 1133A Fatal Deficiency
Romans 8:9
… therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows"? Because upon Christ, the Anointed One, the Holy Spirit rests in fullness, the …
SERMON • SERMON 1974The Suffering Savior's Sympathy
Hebrews 2:18
… the gates of Heaven, we will give forth such outcries of holy joy and gladness as never came from angels' throats, but can only come from the lips …
SERMON • SERMON 2355Christ's Negative and Positive Prayer
John 17:15
… when you have been near to the gates of Heaven in ecstatic joy and holy gladness—have you not wished to slip in? "Lord, it is good for …
SERMON • SERMON 866Rest
Hebrews 4:3
… the gladness, for we who may be privileged to help you, shall participate in your joy and even spirits before the Throne of God shall rejoice when they …
SERMON • SERMON 2732Believers Tested by Trials
Job 23:8-10
… faces of those redeemed from among men—all radiant with celestial joy! What gives them that gladness? It is because God is there that they are so happy …
SERMON • SERMON 485No Room for Christ in the Inn
Luke 2:7
… Jesus is free to you; he will receive you; he will welcome you with gladness, and to show this, I think, the young child was cradled in a …
SERMON • SERMON 754The Saint and the Spirit
John 14:17
… He was anointed as Man with the oil of gladness above His fellows, and though able, as God, to have done as He pleased, independently, yet in order …
SERMON • SERMON 1291The Best Burden for Young Shoulders
Lamentations 3:27
… Our shoulders bow themselves with gladness to the burden which Jesus declares to be profitable to us! This assurance from His lips makes His yoke easy to bear …
SERMON • SERMON 2511Brought Out to Be Brought In
Deuteronomy 6:23
… We rejoice to know that we who believe in Jesus have a righteousness unto which Israel did not attain, for the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, is our righteousness!
SERMON • SERMON 2823One Trophy for Two Exploits
Psalm 18:29
… up your heart, and your hands, and your voice, and shout for joy and gladness, "He has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron …
SERMON • SERMON 1136"Forever With The Lord"
Philippians 1:23
… Our spirits which wrestled hard here below and had to strive against a thousand outward enemies and inward doubts and fears, will then be all light, joy, gladness …
SERMON • SERMON 1260The Unbroken Line Of True Nobles
Psalm 45:16
… But, listen, I think that the word instead, if we listen to it with another ear, will sound out a note of gladness! If one falls, there is …
SERMON • SERMON 2691Sorrow and Sorrow
2 Corinthians 7:10
… backsliding from God, and Christ will soon give you back your old joy and gladness. It does not spoil your happiness, my Brother or Sister, to confess your …
SERMON • SERMON 264How Saints May Help the Devil
Ezekiel 16:54
… Why, just look at these saints:—a drivelling set of crying creatures, they never have either peace or joy; they are everlastingly pulling long faces, and talking through …
SERMON • SERMON 2126Something Done for Jesus
Matthew 26:10
… Weary and worn was He and she would gladly anoint Him with the oil of gladness. Though others had rejected Him, she anointed His head and acknowledged the …
SERMON • SERMON 871To Those Who Are "Almost Persuaded"
Acts 26:28
… and girded me with gladness! It has taken the ashes of sorrow from my head and anointed me with the oil of joy! Moreover, my testimony does not …
SERMON • SERMON 2044All At It
Acts 8:4
… Good men that they were, their wonderment and their joy were equal and they could not hold their peace. When ancient Believers were shut up in prison, they …
SERMON • SERMON 560Christ is Glorious—Let Us Make Him Known
Micah 5:4
… Righteousness and peace are the stability of his throne, joy and gladness are the ornaments of his reign. Oh! how happy are we who belong to such a …
SERMON • SERMON 314Peace at Home, and Prosperity Abroad
Psalm 147:14
… Where multitudes of men and women were wont to drink with joy and gladness, there is not a single person to be seen. Or, suppose again, there is …
SERMON • SERMON 1835The Man Christ Jesus
Hebrews 7:4
… the wisest and best of mankind all looked forward to his day with gladness. Think of that wonderful system of types, and emblems, and symbols which God ordained …
SERMON • SERMON 2786The Soul's Best Food
Isaiah 55:2
… in Christ and, therefore, you are full of gladness! "Let your soul delight itself in fatness." There is this joy as one of the benefits of obedience to …
SERMON • SERMON 3023John Mark—or, Haste in Religion
Mark 14:50-52
… And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in and told how Peter stood before the gate. And they said …
SERMON • SERMON 3442'The Desire Of All Nations'
Haggai 2:7
… self-sacrifice, and roofs of holy joy and Christian consolation! It is a Temple that males spiritual eyes flash with gladness! What care they for the splendor of …
SERMON • SERMON 1124God Beseeching Sinners by His Ministers
2 Corinthians 5:18-21
… reconciliation provided for you in Jesus Christ, the Son of God! Oh what gladness it is to be allowed to speak thus! And now we are to tell …
SERMON • SERMON 2159The Holdfasts of Faith
Romans 4:16
… He knew it would be so and he began to laugh with joy and gladness! Oh, for more of such laughing! He believed himself to be the father …
SERMON • SERMON 2011Abram's Call—or, Half-Way—and All the Way
Genesis 11:31
… I fear that some true Believers are depriving themselves of the richest joy and the most heavenly experience by their undecided conduct. Some of you have come away …
SERMON • SERMON 1256The Old Man's Sermon
Psalm 71:17
… Aim, then, my Brothers and Sisters to be disciples now, that in your old age you may look back with joy on the days spent in heavenly learning …
SERMON • SERMON 199A Free Salvation
Isaiah 55:1
… Do you need something to light up the eye of your hope? Oh! there are joy-flashes in the gospel that may make your eye flash back again …
SERMON • SERMON 200The Wicked Man’s Life, Funeral, and Epitaph
Ecclesiastes 8:10
… Oh! it is a noble sight when with joy and gladness we see the young and the old, the gray-headed and the children, all of them pressing …
SERMON • SERMON 2746The Nature and Design of Divine Chastening
1 Corinthians 11:32
… you hereafter! You go merrily through this world, you carry the lamp of joy with you—it is that your blackness may be the more terrible and your …
SERMON • SERMON 888The Silken Fetter
Hosea 3:5
… And you were filled with joy and peace as you looked up to Jesus and rested in Him. Months and years have glided away since then, but all …
COMMENTARYPsalm 106
Psalm 106
… is their lot. "That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation." That we may partake in that unspeakable joy which arises from the beatific vision, which …