Joy

Christ and His Table Companions

Luke 22:14

… joy that shall be yours, forget your present troubles, rise superior to the difficulties of the hour and if you cannot rejoice in the present, yet rejoice in …

Departed Saints Yet Living

Luke 20:37

… I will rejoice over you with singing." In this the Lord has highly exalted His covenanted ones and raised them to great nearness to Himself—and thus to …

Great Forgiveness for Great Sin

Ephesians 1:7

… and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. Isay unto you, that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over …

More and More

James 4:6

… We are not going back to legal bondage—we have "more Grace." And with Divine Grace there always comes joy, peace and security. That Doctrine which, it has …

The Objective of the Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… He has spread a feast to which His servants may come and rejoice with exceeding joy! If the Sacrifice were not finished, it would not yet be feasting …

My Own Personal Holdfast

Micah 7:7

… Joy and comfort must spring up in the most barren misery if we know how to pray—the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose, if the …

Done In A Day, But Wondered At Forever

Zechariah 3:9

… Say, "Rejoice with me! Come and help my joy, I cannot rejoice alone. Come and hear, all you that fear God, I will tell you what God has …

How To Converse With God

Job 13:22

… If a man would really live upon these choice things, he might rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. But how often is the Bible left unread …

Grace for the Guilty

Isaiah 44:22

… The way to bring men to Jesus, to give them peace, to give them joy, to give them salvation through Christ, is by God the Spirit's assistance …

Further Afield

Acts 13:46-48

… Only He gives those who are in Him to rejoice in God their Father," this would have led you to lofty aspirations. This conclusion you have not arrived …

Young Man, Is This For You?

Luke 7:11-17

… O young man, when your mother's heart leaps for joy because of the love of Christ shed abroad in her soul, you cannot understand her joy. Her …

Encourage Your Minister!

Deuteronomy 1:38

… But still He would have you put off those rags and that sackcloth, for surely there is much reason to rejoice. Rejoice in the Lord always! Be of …

The King’s Highway Opened and Cleared

… With the thief shalt thou sing of love divine, and with Manasseh shalt thou rejoice in him who can wash away the foulest crimes. Oh, I pray God …

Spiritual Sight and Eternal Life

John 14:19

… We have felt that they must have larger capacity for joy than we had if they had more joy than we possessed, for we were as full of …

The Glory of Our Strength

Psalm 89:17

… Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Your name. Oh, what a blessed spirit the spirit of true devotion is! There is such life in it that it seems …

Jesus Christ Himself

Ephesians 2:20

… Fourthly, our Lord Jesus Christ Himself is THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR JOY. We ought to rejoice when we have such a springing well of blessedness! In times …

The Necessity of Growing Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… I rejoice to be bound with these bonds, to be bound to thank God every day and all day! I wear these golden fetters and count them my …

A Gracious Dismissal

Luke 7:50

… That first word of joy and peace from Jesus with which they began the new life came to them, again, just as they were melting away into the …

Sihon and Og, or Mercies in Detail

Psalm 136:17-22

… The delight of your eyes and the joy of your spirit—He has taken these away, one by one—mighty kings that swayed you and famous kings that …

The Blood of the Covenant

Hebrews 13:20-21

… Let us rejoice that our Shepherd is great, because he with his great flock will be able to preserve them all from the great dangers into which they …

Walking In The Light And Washed In The Blood

1 John 1:7

… Beloved, forgiveness of sin is a present thing—a privilege for this day, a joy for this very hour! And whoever walks in the light as God is …

Gathering to the Center

Mark 1:45

… It is a great joy to think that no burden can come on our Lord's shoulders, now—no man can lay sin upon Christ anymore—it was …

The Life, Walk and Triumph of Faith

Genesis 17:1

… Then shall your light shine forth as the morning and a dew from Heaven shall cause you to bud and blossom with joy and rejoicing. Be glad in …

Lingerers Hastened

Genesis 19:16

… Oh, how I long for this with eagerness of desire! Happy shall I be if I may win your souls, and, while you will rejoice in the mercy …

The Church a Mother

Isaiah 49:20

… Then shall the Church rejoice that she was bereaved and that she was removed to and fro. How do I know this? Well, I know it simply because …

Charity and Purity

James 1:27

… The gold should be glad to be put into the crucible—the Christian should rejoice to be tested and tried. Not only count it joy, but count it …

Song for the Free—Hope for the Bound

Psalm 107:14-16

… How greatly do I rejoice to remember that the Lord delights in mercy! It is His joy to pardon sin and pass by the transgressions of the remnant …

Enduring to the End

Matthew 10:22

… As I think of my brother, though of late years I have seen but little of him, I can but rejoice in the grace which illuminated his pathway …

A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children

1 John 2:12

… you, but I will rejoice with you. I will even sit down and sing with you—let this be our hymn— "Now, oh joy my sins are pardoned …

A Golden Sentence

John 4:34

… What if I say that even in His deepest agony, Christ had an unknown joy? I think we have too much forgotten the wonderful joy which must have …

Idols Found Wanting, But Jehovah Found Faithful

Isaiah 46:1-4

… We rejoice that we shall never have to change our confidence, for our God will never be carried into captivity, nor torn from His Throne. Our faith is …

Seeing God's Goodness Here

Psalm 27:13

… But, remorselessly, as we sometimes imagine, the great wheels grind on—our comforts are taken from us and our joy is destroyed. What then? Why, let us still …

The Holy Spirit’s Intercession

Romans 8:26

… A thousand sources of joy are opened in that one blessing of adoption. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have …

Christ the Maker of All Things New

… But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy." This newness of everything was …

The Ever-Living Priest

Hebrews 7:23-25

… Lord Jesus, Your dying blood is well matched by Your living pleas and our hearts rejoice in this because of these two sure proofs of Your love and …

Singing in the Ways of the Lord

Psalm 138:5

… Whatever you are doing for the Lord, whether it is distributing tracts or teaching the young, mix holy joy with it! 1 may say of thanksgiving to God …

Meat Indeed, and Drink Indeed

John 6:55

… That Jesus died in my place and suffered for my sin is to stimulate my hope, my comfort, my joy—in a word, my whole soul—just as …

The Singular Origin of a Christian

Ephesians 2:10

… But do not sigh so much over the incomplete part as to fail in rejoicing over that which is accomplished! Rejoice that a hand has been laid upon …

Christ Set Forth As A Propitiation

Romans 3:25

… Our Brother who followed us expressed his joy that Christ was preached herein. He did rejoice, yes, and would rejoice, and our friends must have observed, how, throughout …

The Holy Spirit's Chief Office

John 16:14

… How shall we judge them? To what test shall we put them? Always to this test—does this movement glorify Christ? Is Christ preached? Then, therein, I rejoice …