Joy

"Sitting By"

Luke 5:17

… Perhaps for me there is a peace which I have never known, a joy which I have never imagined. I will see for myself. Perhaps for me there …

The Dew of Christ's Youth

Psalm 110:3

… Priest, as a King so that I may forever serve Him with joy and gladness! III. WHAT ARE THE LESSONS WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS TRUTH? The first …

Psalm 149

Psalm 149

… Efforts to be permanently useful must be uniformly joyous—a spiritual sunshine—graceful from very gladness—beautiful because bright.— Thomas Carlyle. Verse 2. Rejoice in him that made …

Examination Before Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… I will drink it down! I will feed upon it! I will live by it!" Then you will have joy and gladness in your soul and this supper …

A Discourse to the Despairing

Genesis 42:1

… The light of a man's countenance is often like the shining of the sun—one bright face will make another full of joy and gladness—but when …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… We must be glad in the Lord and, with that gladness, there must come fervent love to Him who has worked all these things on our behalf and …

Psalm 124

Psalm 124

… We set every other claimant on one side, and rejoice because the Lord was on our side. Verse 3. Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their …

Conversions Desired

Acts 11:21

… To be without faith and without God is to be without joy here and without hope hereafter. Brothers and Sisters in Christ, this is what you and I …

The Heart—a Den of Evil

Matthew 15:19

… O Souls, admire and wonder! Bow down with tears streaming from your eyes, and then look up with gladness to the Son of God made flesh, crucified for …

The Flight to Zoar

Genesis 19:23

… The joy, the gladness, the rhapsody, the exultation, the young Heaven begun in the heart of the newborn convert is the nearest thing to Paradise that the earth …

Why Some Seekers Are Not Saved

Isaiah 59:1

… No, He would make you an honest man at once—and when He has done so, there will be another obstacle to your finding joy and peace out …

Come From the Four Winds, O Breath!

Ezekiel 37:9

… gladness! It is His blessed office first, to bestow life, and then to give light. Living unto God is the earliest experience of the redeemed—afterwards comes joy …

Self-Delusion

Luke 13:24

… Tremble, my Hearers, so many of you as have received the Word with joy and gladness, lest you should be found to have had no depth of earth …

Christ Put On

Romans 13:14

… in it! O you virgin souls, go forth to meet Him! With joy and gladness go forth, wearing Himself as your gorgeous apparel, fit for the daughters of …

From Twenty-five to Thirty-five

Matthew 20:3

… He is great and glorious, whatever we may be, and it is for our joy, our safety, our everlasting happiness that we should become His servants. It is …

Three Arrows—or Six?

2 Kings 13:18

… There is joy in Hell when a saint grows idle! There is gladness among devils when we cease to pray, when we become slack in faith and feeble …

The Minister'S Stock-Taking

Acts 28:24

… He was free! And whereas he could not creep before, he now ran and danced for joy and gladness of heart! That is how it all came about …

An Infallible Sign Of Revival

Isaiah 2:11

… They gave glory to the Lord both in the Temple and in their own houses, eating their bread with gladness of heart. Only let the Lord show Himself …

Folly of Unbelief

Luke 24:25

… The possession of gladness is no clear evidence of grace; and the existence of depression is no sure sign of insincerity. The brightest eyes that look for heaven …

The Glories of Forgiving Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… him, who had the more joy, do you think—the son or the father? I know the prodigal's heart overflowed with gladness, but then the father's …

The Trees in God's Courts

Psalm 92:13-15

… Some of you, perhaps, are Christian men who have received the Word with gladness and believed to the saving of your souls and, so far, you appear to …

The Voice Behind Thee

Isaiah 30:21

… to go no more out for ever, the sinner shall be filled with gladness. Listen, then, listen, ye that have turned your backs on God! Infinite mercy woos …

Reasons for Turning to the Lord

Hosea 6:1

… God shall appear, and we shall rise With gladness in His sight." Tremblingly I will now endeavor to go on to the next point. May the Holy Spirit …

King's Gardens

Nehemiah 3:15

… They clapped their hands amidst the fire! They sang when the wild beasts were leaping upon them! Such holy joy beamed from their countenances that their Brethren were …

Hagar at the Fountain

Genesis 16:13

… Great gladness filled His heart, as when a merchantman finds a pearl of great price. I see high joy in the Countenance of this Angel of Jehovah. We …

Scourge For Slumbering Souls

Amos 6:1

… And in communion and fellowship with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ, abundant joy for the present whatever may be its trials, its difficulties its straits …

Hearing With Heed

Mark 4:24

… He who is a little Christian has little joy. He who gets but little of Christ and hears but little of Christ, has but little comfort. But he …

The Holdfast

Proverbs 4:13

… And I can only hope that you who are the children of joy may derive as much benefit from your gladness as mourners have found in their sorrows …

Perfect Cleansing

Joel 3:21

… And what next, Beloved, if this promise is fulfilled? Why, then, we shall praise the Lord with gladness. No more harsh thoughts of Him! Our life shall be …

Temple Glories

2 Chronicles 5:13

… good things! But, my Soul, if your life is His gift, and your joy His mercy, let no wicked silence bury His praise! He has been so good …

Psalm 98

Psalm 98

… of God , every land is moved to joy, the whole globe is glad, the floods clap their hands, the hills rejoice; yet the evil hearts of the Jews …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… What hast thou to fear? Let thy face ever wear a smile; let thine eyes sparkle with gladness; live near thy Master; live in the suburbs of the …

Psalm 3

Psalm 3

… Though I hang my head in sorrow, I shall very soon lift it up in joy and thanksgiving. What a divine trio of mercies is contained in this …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness. Up from the wilderness he led them, rejoicing over them himself and making them rejoice …

Psalm 21

Psalm 21

… That strength so abundantly given is here gratefully acknowledged, and made the subject of joy. The Man of Sorrows is now anointed with the oil of gladness above …

A Traveller’s Letters Home

… out my joy.” Every day his dear messages came to me, except, of course, when a long railway journey intervened;—and, sometimes, as an unexpected gladness, he would …

Psalm 86

Psalm 86

… The believer's joy is from God— "Rejoice" , & c. 2. The believer's joy is in God— "unto thee" , & c.—G.R. Verse 4. 1. The great lift …

Psalm 81

Psalm 81

… and quickened, and souls are charmed and allured, and filled with spiritual joy and gladness. John Gill. Verse 3. The trumpet. The sound of the trumpet is very …

Psalm 96

Psalm 96

… Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. Above and below let the joy be manifested. Let the angels who have stood in amaze at the …

Hearken and Look; or, Encouragement for Believers

Isaiah 51:2-3

… he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall …