Joy

Morning, June 1

Ge 1:5

… Study next, to make the outgoings of the morning and the evening to rejoice . Praise the Lord for the sun of joy when it rises, and for the …

Soul-threshing

Isaiah 28:27

… It troubles and consumes us, but blessed be God, we usually walk in the light of His Countenance and joy and rejoice therein. Let us value His mercy …

The Lord Chiding His People

Psalm 103:9

… Blessed be His name, when the rod makes the bluest welts we may still rejoice that He will not slay us, "neither will He keep His anger forever …

"Living, Loving, Lasting Union"

Ephesians 5:30

… The angels rejoice over one sinner that repents and they will yet more rejoice when one messenger, newly come from the midst to God's salvation work, shall …

Evening, June 5

1Jn 4:8

… The children of God are ruled in their inmost powers by love—the love of Christ constraineth them; they rejoice that divine love is set upon them, they …

The Gospel of the Glory of Christ

2 Corinthians 4:4

… When He was born the angels proclaimed good tidings of great joy to the sons of men. And after His death His human messengers went forth to all …

“Alas For Us, If Thou Wert All, and Nought Beyond, O Earth”

1 Corinthians 15:19

… Suppose you that God will give all the happiness to his enemies, and reserve all the mourning for his sons? Shall his foes have mirth and joy, and …

Morning, October 19

1Co 3:1

… Though “less than nothing I can boast, and vanity confess.” Yet, if the root of the matter be in me I will rejoice in the Lord, and glory …

Peter After His Restoration

Luke 22:32

… To see a child of God perish would bring to the Evil One a malicious joy, for he would have wounded the heart of God. If ever the …

Light for Those Who Sit in Darkness

Matthew 4:15-16

… Dear friends, may the Lord visit you with his saving health, and give to the saddest of you joy and peace in believing. II. Having given the description …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into divers trials. Do not sorrow over your trials, do not look upon them as misfortunes and calamities—they …

Evening, October 19

Job 35:10

… yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” Then, since our Maker gives songs in the night , let us wait …

Heaven Below

Revelation 7:16

… my joy begins! His love forbids my slavish fear, His Grace removes my sins." What a blessing it is to see God in Christ and to rejoice in …

Chastened Happiness

Jeremiah 33:9

… Our streams of joy blend with currents of fear. Blessed be God, my sin is forgiven me—this joy calls up its balancing thought—Oh that the Spirit …

How Is Salvation Received?

Romans 4:16

… Do not be afraid of being too peaceful, "rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice." When you have to condemn yourself for shortcomings, yet do …

The King's Mowings

Amos 7:1

… Our dear ones were lent to us and what a blessing they have been to us! The lamps of our house, have they not been the joy of …

Perfection in Faith

Hebrews 10:14

… Sometimes we are like the censer—God fills us with joy, and then the smoke of incense ascends from us; sometimes we are like the slaughter-knife that …

"The Lord Is Risen, Indeed"

Luke 24:5

… Instead, pray the Lord to lift up the light of His Countenance upon you, to give you joy and peace in believing, for this He says, "Rejoice in …

Our Sanctuary

Jeremiah 17:12

… The solitary place shall be glad for it and the desert shall rejoice. The words sound like sweet music amid the crash of tempest. The bitter tree yields …

Breakfast With Jesus

John 21:12

… Your usefulness largely depends upon your personal joy—"The joy of the Lord is your strength." Once more, our Lord was going to give to one of them …

"I and the Children"

Isaiah 8:18

… Never does a prayer of penitence rise from a breaking heart without rejoicing the soul of Jesus, for, "There is joy in the presence of the angels of …

Our Lord's Substitution

1 Peter 2:24

… O my Soul, rejoice as you look upon the Sin-Bearer who made a full, complete and absolutely acceptable Atonement, finished transgression, made an end of sins, made …

His Name—The Counsellor

Isaiah 9:6

… But there is one thing that is always necessary in a man, before we can rejoice in his being a counsellor. There are some counsellors concerning the legislation …

A Psalm For The New Year

2 Peter 3:18

… You hear Your Church as it cries "Amen!" Verily, it is our heart's desire— "Amen, with joy Divine, let earth's Unnumbered myriads cry; Amen, with joy …

The Prince of Life

Acts 3:15

… In Heaven they rejoice, but they joy before their Lord! In Heaven they worship, but they worship the Lamb! In Heaven they sing, but the song is, "Unto …

Great Difference

Malachi 2:17

… But the righteous make much of Him and account Him to be the greatest factor in all their calculations—they fall back upon God in trouble— and joy …

"Your Salvation"

Luke 2:28-30

… is Immanuel, God With Us, has brought salvation to our fallen race! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, for Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made …

A Memorable Visit to Stambourne.–Mr. Knill’s Prophecy

… How came that sober-minded minister to speak thus of one into whose future God alone could see? How came it that he lived to rejoice with his …

The Preservation of Christians in the World

John 17:15

… Fear not affliction, fear not persecution—rather, rejoice, and be exceedingly glad if that should be your lot, for great is your reward in Heaven! But, I charge …

The Search after Happiness

Psalm 4:6

… No, not a drop of real joy, Without Your Presence, Lord." Notice, next its indiscriminating nature. "Who will show us ANY good?" The unregenerate mind has no discernment …

Dying Daily

1 Corinthians 15:31

… home," name ever dear to you! And you rejoice that you are about to end your labors in the joy and peace which remains for the people of …

The Pastor's Joy and Confidence

Philippians 1:3-7

… which, being interpreted, signify, "I rejoice, rejoice you." Here we come to that sweet fruit of the Spirit which we call "Joy." The statement Paul makes about the …

'Love and I' A Mystery

John 17:26

… joy in the word ‘righteous’ as in the word ‘Father’; and blending the two together they feel an intense love to the ‘righteous Father,’ and their hearts rejoice …

Wheat in the Barn

Matthew 13:30

… When we remember their glory, we may rejoice like the travailing woman when her child is born, who "remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man …

A Sermon on a Grand Old Text

1 Timothy 1:15

… Are we to be silent about this oldest and yet newest saying? Men rejoice in bon mots, and yet this is the best of words! We have the …

Marvelous Light

1 Peter 2:9

… One change that always takes place as the result of receiving this Light is great joy. The joy is not always as great in all to whom the …

Precious Deaths

Psalm 116:15

… all joy with him, all bliss with him. Pain might rack him, or weakness might prostrate him, but ever did his spirit magnify the Lord, and rejoice in …

The Disowned

Matthew 7:21-23

… Rejoice in your success, my dear Friend, as I may rejoice in mine, but let us both rejoice with trembling, for, although we may have brought ten thousand …

Love's Climax

1 John 4:10

… and again I say, Rejoice. The very word, "rejoice," seems to imply a reduplication. It is joy, and re-joy, joy over again! But here, you see, it …

The Empty Place—a Christmas Day Sermon

1 Samuel 20:25

… You brought me to the Savior's feet"? If you once knew this joy, you would always be hungering after more of it! You would never be fully …