Joy

Prayer to God in Trouble an Acceptable Sacrifice

Psalm 50:15

… I joy and rejoice in it because You have ordained it and I call upon You to make it work to my lasting good. I will take bitter …

Zion's Prosperity

Psalm 102:13

… A selfish man in trouble is exceedingly hard to comfort because the source of his joy lies entirely within himself and when he is sad, all his springs …

Love at Its Utmost

John 15:9

… the shadows flee away my soul shall feast upon his love, and joy and rejoice in him. God help you to do this for his name's sake …

Sealed and Open Evidences

Jeremiah 32:14

… We also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. "God, my exceeding joy" is a sweet name that David gives to the Lord, and then he adds …

David's Prayer in the Cave

… Until the calamities are overpast, it should be our joy to run under God's protecting wings and hide ourselves securely there. 2. I will cry unto God …

Father’s Furlough, and how I Shared it

… Perhaps, the better way is to rejoice that I wrote so much. We were supposed to take it in turn to correspond with home. Father called my part …

The Winnowing Fan

Hebrews 12:14

… Rejoice in his happiness—it is the way to increase your own. Rejoice in his goodness—it will make you better. If you would double your joy, enjoy …

How To Meet the Doctrine of Election

Matthew 15:24

… If you yield to it and come to Him and trust Him, then rejoice that the lines of electing love have encompassed you! You are His! You could …

Prayer 14 — "Bless The Lord, O My Soul!"

… May we come to God this day with a supreme joy. May we speak of Him as "God my exceeding joy; yea, mine own God is He." O …

Love's Vigilance Rewarded

Solomon 3:4

… I have even known some of Christ's people get so pleased with the joy of His company that they have almost forgotten Him in the joy! If …

A Promise For Us And For Our Children

Isaiah 44:1-5

… You have lost much of the joy of religion and your prayer is, "Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation." You are conscious, also, that you are …

The Rose and the Lily

Solomon 2:1

… If you are so depressed by your trials that you can by no means rejoice knowing your name is written in Heaven, then I think you do not …

The Believer in the Body and Out of the Body

2 Corinthians 5:5-10

… When we would rejoice with unspeakable joy, a palpitating heart depresses us. And when we would go about our Master's business, a lame foot or a decaying …

The Reward Of The Righteous

Matthew 25:31-36

… Like the disciples who returned saying, "Lord, even the devils are subject unto us," they rejoice too exclusively in present prosperity—whereas the Master bade them not to …

Jacob and Doubting Souls a Parallel

Genesis 45:28

… It is not so much a matter for us to talk about—it is rather a thing for our own hearts to rejoice over and to remember! And …

What God Cannot Do!

Titus 1:2

… That you, an enemy, should be made into a child! That you who have gone on sinning against light and against knowledge, should yet rejoice in union to …

A Sermon From A Rush

Job 8:11-13

… seasons of deep depression chill their joy. Hours of furious temptation make a dreadful onslaught upon their quiet. They cannot always rejoice. Their life is checkered. They are …

The Voice from the Cloud and the Voice of the Beloved

Matthew 17:5

… I thought this over last night till my heart seemed ready to dance for joy, for I thought—"Then, however much I have displeased the Father, my Lord …

Nearness To God

Ephesians 2:13

… We who dwell under the equator of the Lord's love must bring forth much fruit! Let us rejoice with joy unspeakable! Let our souls be like those …

The Believer Catechized

John 11:26

… If the Lord Jesus were better known, our afflictions would be lightened and our hearts would even rejoice in them! If we did but know You, O blessed …

Sweet Savor

Ezekiel 20:41

… And if you are such a sweet savor, rejoice that you are so—rejoice that your name is written in Heaven! What? Though men shall say all manner …

Recruits for King Jesus

1 Chronicles 12:16-18

… We are all on edge as to the Sudan and Egypt—but could we see all things, we would rejoice! None of us know what is coming. I …

Springtime in Nature and Grace

Isaiah 55:10-13

… For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the …

Other Sheep and One Flock

John 10:16

… I rejoice that I was altogether wrong in my reckoning, but even then I thought, God has a people that He will bring whom He means to bless …

On Raising Questions

… If a man could really see what sin is, he would flee from it as from a deadly serpent, and rejoice to be freed from it by Christ …

The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus

2 Timothy 2:8

… have been raised from the dead to die no more! Let us joy and rejoice in this! Let us behave as those who are alive from the dead …

Every Man's Necessity

John 3:7

… But all these put together would not amount to a new birth! We rejoice in reformation of any sort. The less sin there is in the world the …

A Sharp Knife for the Vine Branches

John 15:2

… How often have I seen even the joy of the Lord turned into pride, and when the man should rejoice in Christ Jesus he has began to rejoice …

Pray For Jesus

Psalm 72:15

… This is Christ's delight, His love, His heart's joy. You were told last Sunday morning that there was "joy in Heaven over one sinner that repents …

Psalm 63

Psalm 63

… Oh, my soul, imitate the psalmist, and let all thy desires ascend towards the highest good; longing here to see God, and having no higher joy even for …

Obtaining Promises

Hebrews 11:33

… He whom we serve is no Egyptian taskmaster, His yoke is easy, His service pleasure, His reward unspeakable. "Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, rejoice …

Resurrection—Christ The First Fruits

1 Corinthians 15:20

… Oh, how should we rejoice, we who hang our salvation wholly upon Christ, that beyond a doubt it is established that, "now is Christ risen from the dead …

Threshing

… his anger for ever.” “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Rejoice, ye daughters of sorrow! Be comforted, ye sons of grief! Have …

High Doctrine And Broad Doctrine

John 6:37

… Consider, then, with reverential joy THE ETERNAL PURPOSE. Our Lord Jesus Christ, when He found that the mass of the people rejected Him, turned round upon them and …

Retrospect—"The Lord Has Blessed"

Joshua 17:14

… We who have pined in the wilderness of sin should rejoice that we have entered the land of promise and we ought to be glad to have a …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… I envy not my Brother minister his success in gathering in the converts, but I rejoice with him. The sower and the reaper may well rejoice together, for …

Four Choice Sentences

Genesis 28:15

… and rejoice in it! Go forward, dear child of God, if the pillar of cloud is moving, without the slightest hesitancy, and let this be your joy and …

A Savior Such As You Need

Hebrews 10:15-18

… Let us rejoice that it is not so under the Gospel system. The sacrifice has been offered once—offered in such a way that complete atonement has been …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… Let our hearts dance for joy at the bare thought of such speedy joy! Let us go on our way blessing and magnifying Him who has opened our …

A Secret And Yet No Secret

Solomon 4:12

… To Christ I give body, soul and spirit, and if I am offered up upon the sacrifice of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all." Oh …