Joy

The Single-handed Conquest

Isaiah 63:3

… He stood in the crowd and the congregation listened to His preaching—and though many heard with joy, there was no one who could give such sympathy as …

Creation’s Groans and the Saints’ Sighs

Romans 8:22-23

… Jordan, where they rejoice for evermore. When the soldiers of Godfrey of Bouillon came in sight of Jerusalem, it is said they shouted for joy at the sight …

The World On Fire

2 Peter 3:10

… Luther used to say that the world is now in its working clothes and that, by-and-by, it will be arrayed in its Easter garments of joy …

Real Grace for Real Need

Luke 9:11

… Even when just about to enter into the joy of your Lord, when the last sin is under your feet and your sanctification is all but perfect—when …

The Pearl of Patience

James 5:11

… Beloved, let us accept future sorrow with joy, for it is Divine Love which will add to our years whatever sorrowful seasons may yet come to us. Job …

A Sermon From a Sick Preacher

1 Peter 2:7

… Jesus Christ is my pleasure and to love Him and to do His will is my joy." Do you not see that the greater your value of Christ …

Right-hand Sins

Mark 9:43

… If there is a good Doctrine preached anywhere, though I may scarcely understand it, yet if God loves it, I must believe it and rejoice in it! If …

God's Glory and His Goodness

Exodus 33:18-23

… Some of us have learned to love this attribute and to rejoice therein. We thank God that He is King. We delight in His absolute Sovereignty, knowing as …

The Matchless Mystery

Ephesians 5:30

… Oh, the joy, the true, pure, elevated peace and joy which many of us have received through that divinely ordained relationship! We cannot but bless God every time …

Both Sides of the Shield

Exodus 17:8

… all manner of evil against you falsely, for Christ's sake, but rather, "Rejoice and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in Heaven: for so persecuted …

A Pastoral Visit

… You would not willfully give your parents pain, young man, would you? I know your desire is to comfort them and there can be no greater joy to …

Faith Working By Love

Galatians 5:6

… you may go your way and rejoice in the liberty with which Christ has made you free. It shall be joy to you to serve the Lord, since …

Christ the Seeker and Savior of the Lost

Luke 19:10

… What joy is this! In proportion as the grief was heavy, the joy is great. If souls can be delivered from going down into such a state, it …

The Faithfulness of Jesus

John 13:1

… Cast yourselves on the Lord, ye mourners, and rejoice in him; lean yourselves upon him, ye burdened ones, and take up your psalm of praise this morning, and …

A Timely Expostulation

Luke 24:5

… Your solid comfort, your real happiness and the only joy worth having—you must find in Christ Jesus, by the power of the Spirit—and not in the …

Redemption Through Blood—The Gracious Forgiveness Of Sins

Ephesians 1:7

… I believe that the great joy of forgiveness, to the Believer, is that God has taken away His anger from him. That sweet hymn, which we often sing …

Immanuel—The Light of Life

Isaiah 9:1

… with us, then shall your joy be great, for you shall joy as with the joy of harvest and as those rejoice that divide the spoil! Is it …

'The Lamb of God'

John 1:29

… We, also, have received Him and rejoice to say that He has baptized us with the Holy Spirit. All that John said of Him is true—and much …

Christian Baptism

Colossians 2:12

… and, "We are the congregation who worship God in one Spirit, and who rejoice in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh." Evidently, then, those who …

Fearful Of Coming Short

Hebrews 4:1

… We must believe in His proper humanity and rejoice in the sufferings which He endured. We must believe in His assured Deity and rejoice in the merit which …

God's Answer to Persistent Prayer

1 Kings 18:41

… Then, there are certain tokens which faith can perceive of coming joy and peace in an individual heart—of that secondly. In the first place— I. THERE ARE …

'David's Spoil'

1 Samuel 30:20

… I feel as if I could stop the sermon and ask you to sing but it will be better if I content myself with repeating the hymn— "Rejoice …

Woe and Weal

Micah 7:9

… To see the happiness of angels and the joy of glorified spirits—perhaps to see your own children in Heaven and to be, yourselves, shut out! Dear ones …

God's Glory Our Rereward

Isaiah 58:8

… Now, what is that which is behind us? There is something to rejoice in, for God has been gracious to us, but there is very much to mourn …

God's Care of Elijah

1 Kings 17:4

… This is the day which the LORD has made.This Sabbath day—this Gospel day—"the day that Jehovah has made." 24, We will rejoice and be glad …

The Heart Of Flesh

Ezekiel 36:26

… It becomes sensitive to joy and oh, what a joy a Christian feels—a joy to which the ungodly man must forever be a stranger! The renewed heart …

A Mighty Plea

Psalm 27:9

… What joy it is if our early sorrows have left this inscription upon the tablets of our hearts, "You have been my help." But David did not merely …

Praise for Jesus

Genesis 49:8

… He will preserve and deliver you from all evil of every kind and, at last, shall safely bring you where you shall see His face and rejoice in …

Possessing Possessions

… Oh, for Grace to appropriate by enjoyment those treasures of the Covenant which make the soul to rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory! I pray that …

Fathomless

Psalm 36:6

… Feel a fullness of joy in Him. 4. And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Because when the heart delights in God, then its desires …

Grand Glorying

Galatians 6:14

… Where Jesus is preached, signs and effects follow in which we may well rejoice. How many a home that was once filthy and miserable has been cheered and …

The Cripple at Lystra

Acts 14:9-10

… O receive the welcome message; spring up at the sound of the words; stand upright on thy feet and rejoice. Some are still lame, though they have faith …

God's Innumerable Mercies

Psalm 71:15

… Unto You will I sing with the harp, O You Holy One of Israel My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto You.That is the best …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… Did not Job rejoice that when he should rise from the dead he should behold his Redeemer? And this was the essence of his joy—"Whom I shall …

The Spiritual Resurrection

John 11:43

… There shall rise Lazarus and Martha and Mary—and loved ones that belong to us—whom long we have wept as departed, we shall then rejoice over as …

Justification by Faith—Illustrated by Abram’s Righteousness

Genesis 15:6

… wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” See how softly it flows, a justification sheds the oil of joy upon the believer’s …

The Only Atoning Priest

Hebrews 10:11-14

… either we shall see him at the right hand of God and rejoice that he is lifted so high, or else we shall behold him there with horror …

Gray Hairs

Hosea 7:9

… and His banner over me was love." When we can no more rejoice with the joy of them that make merry in His name, nor can weep at …

The Death of the Christian

Job 5:26

… And yet my soul seemed lit up with joy, to think it possible that some of us might share in the same affection, and that the same tears …

Question and Exclamation

Jeremiah 3:19

… Oh, that the Lord would bring in among us some of the outcasts of Israel, and some of the worst sinners of the Gentiles! How we would rejoice …