Joy

Why Christ Is Not Esteemed

Isaiah 53:3

… If I feel sorrow for my sin and joy for my deliverance, I ought also to have hope for other people! Perhaps someone here is saying, "I have …

Concerning Deliverance from Sinning

… Herein we may rejoice and be glad forever in that which God creates in the kingdom of His grace. To put the matter very simply--did you ever …

Consulting With Jesus

1 Kings 10:1-3

… There is the new man within us which leaps for joy because of the heavenly life. But, alas, there is also the old man. Paul calls it "the …

The Redeemer's Prayer

John 17:24

… One moment our eyes see him, and we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, but again a little time and we do not see him, our …

The Child Samuel'S Prayer

1 Samuel 3:9

… What an overwhelming sight is this vast crowd of immortal souls! What a joy would it be to me if I could hope that you were all anxious …

Voices from the Excellent Glory

Matthew 3:16

… Do not talk to me about the life of Christ in all its parity, I know it and rejoice in it. But I tell you that the death …

Predestination and Calling

Romans 8:30

… Let them “rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say rejoice.” What would some of you give if you could arrive at this assurance? Mark, if you …

Love's Commendation

Romans 5:8

… My hearer, if thou hast so sinned, do not therefore despair, it may be he will yet make thee rejoice in his redemption. Reflect again, When we were …

The Father's Will

John 6:39

… We will not clip its wings but we will rejoice in its simple Truth! Now it appears that these persons who believe in Jesus, whoever they may be …

Simple Fact and Simple Faith

Acts 13:38

… If He pronounce a man forgiven, forgiven he is and forgiven he shall be when the world is on a blaze! What unspeakable joy shall fill the soul …

Absconding and Apostasy

John 6:67

… the quick, may we learn to bear them with equanimity, and even to rejoice that we are counted worthy to suffer for the Savior's sake! Some of …

The Great Assize

2Corinthians 5:10

… Very solemnly and very tenderly does Solomon in the Ecclesiastes warn the young man, that, let him rejoice as he may and cheer his heart in the days …

Our Youth Renewed

Psalm 103:5

… We might always retain that early joy and delight. I must confess my own experience is that whatever joy I had in Christ 20 years ago, I have …

The Seven Sneezes

2 Kings 4:35

… Do but prove to us that they have passed from death unto life and we rejoice in the lowest form of that proof, but with less than this …

Pride and Humility

Proverbs 18:12

… Humble souls, rejoice; proud souls, go on in your proud ways, but know that they end in destruction. Climb up the ladder of your pride, you shall fall …

God Comforting His People

Isaiah 49:13

… THE JOY of the Prophet was too great for him to give adequate expression to it with his own solitary tongue and, therefore, he would have even the …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… You make your sister's heart rejoice at your many virtues. But yet there is one thing which you lack! Remember that when the strength of a chain …

Questions Which Ought To Be Asked

Job 35:10-11

… You have found your Comforter and you shall joy in him, while he shall joy in you. You have also in Christ Jesus found your Instructor, who shall …

A Mighty Saviour

Isaiah 63:1

… He is as gay as ever; not yet has he made your breast rejoice. Sometimes you think he will bring your grey hairs with sorrow to the grave …

The Believer's Glad Prospects

Song 2:17

… love; in whom, though now we see Him not, yet believing, we rejoice with unspeakable joy and full of glory." The prayer is, then, "Oh, Savior, not only …

A Holiday Drive to the New Forest

… As I write, and the memories of the old days surge over my mind like the billows from a distant shore, I rejoice to know that his slightest …

Assurance Sought

Psalm 35:3

… Your attire may be changed from mourning to dancing with unspeakable joy and full of glory! You may rejoice in tribulation if the light gleams from His chambers …

Man Transient—god's Word Eternal

Isaiah 40:8

… I rejoice at Your Word, as one that finds great spoil He had more joy in reading the Scriptures than in winning a great battle, or in being …

The Relationship of Marriage

Jeremiah 3:14

… You need to sit down and weep about it for very joy—joy which fills the heart and makes the eyes overflow—but well near chains the tongue …

Lovest Thou Me?

John 21:15-17

… Yes, I feel I love thee, O my Christ.” But that would have been very foolish, because although we may often rejoice in our own feelings—they are …

Particular Election

2 Peter 1:10-11

… Men who doubt their calling and election cannot be full of joy; but the happiest saints are those who know and believe it. You know our friends say …

The Exodus

Exodus 12:41

… They were Egyptians themselves—true-born Egyptians—“heirs of sin and children of wrath;” they never had any real bondage , and therefore they could not rejoice as the …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… been given you to see Jesus as your Savior, you may rejoice w with a joy unspeakable and full of glory! God do so to you and more …

The Fatherhood of God

Matthew 6:9

… Thus his life is lost, and this source of joy is sealed to him.’ ” Is not that a sweet little parable, to teach us how we ought to …

The Gazelles and the Deer

Song 2:7

… Her joy was so great as almost to overpower her and yet so nearly does fear tread upon the heels of joy, she was filled with dread lest …

Private and Confidential

Psalm 25:14

… sacred comfort, keeps it in its time of trouble and gives it to rejoice in its moments of sadness. Oh, some of you are living witnesses that God …

Ripe Fruit

Micah 7:1

… joy in him at the very first, but not the joy which he will possess when he will rejoice in the Lord always, and yet again rejoice. Experience …

Over the Mountains

Song 2:16

… The man who has known the joy of communion with Christ, if he loses it, will never be content until it is restored. Have you ever entertained the …

'Grace and Glory'

Psalm 84:11

… sick of sin and self, then will He give you Grace to joy and rejoice in Christ! The same shall be said of all those who are prayerful …

God in Nature and in Revelation

Psalm 19:7-9

… David says that these "statutes of the Lord are right." Of course they are, because they are His statutes—and that they cause the heart to rejoice—a …

Psalm 28

Psalm 28

… The heart is mentioned twice to show the truth of his faith and his joy. Observe the adverb "greatly, " we need not be afraid of being too full …

Ho! Ho!

Isaiah 55:1

… What joy this gives to you who love Him! Jehovah has glorified His Son, and given to Him the power to call to Himself a people that He …

An Earnest Invitation

Psalm 2:12

… They are blest and they know it, they sing about it and they rejoice in it. It is their joy to know that God’s blessing is come …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… But if you know that everlasting love is yours, you will rejoice to hear it proclaimed again and again! You will welcome the joyful sound. Ah, God's …

'Ever This Our War Cry—victory, Victory!'

Isaiah 53:12

… I am the happiest man in the world—I am going Home and I rejoice in it! Though I am perfectly satisfied to wait." Death is just nothing …