Joy

'The Sun of Righteousness'

Psalm 19:4-6

… Weakness brings sorrow, but strength begets joy. Christ is always glad, and he would have his people rejoice, for his cause goeth right on and he shall not …

A Sermon and a Reminiscence

1 Peter 2:7

… We need not wonder if, like the chief Cornerstone, we are disallowed of men, but we may rejoice that, like our Lord and Savior, we are "chosen of …

A King Sent in Love

2 Chronicles 2:11

… That is what causes tears of joy to flow and makes me feel, "I know that I am the Lord's, for I do rejoice in the music …

The Sheep Before The Shearers

Isaiah 53:7

… No. "For the joy that was set before Him He endured the Cross, despising the shame," and not a syllable is uttered that looks like murmuring, or wishing …

The Soul's Awakening

John 5:25

… Some little joy of earth would whet their appetite far more quickly! It is because to the spiritual Heaven revealed in Scripture men are altogether dead and care …

Marrow and Fatness

2 Samuel 7:18-22

… God and shall rejoice before Him. Yes, forever shall you be satisfied when you wake up in His likeness. You shall go into everlasting joy and so shall …

A Comprehensive Benediction

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… We are sick in body, yet our afflictions are so sanctified that we rejoice in deep distress. We are ridiculed and slandered by the ungodly, but we rejoice …

The Essence Of The Gospel

John 3:18

… In that very Light our works are made manifest that they are worked in God—and we rejoice that God is working in us by His Spirit holy …

Alone, Yet Not Alone

John 16:31

… But I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you. The joy that comes by sorrow in connection with …

The Broken Column

Luke 9:61

… Glad to embrace the messenger of mercy, it would rejoice to fly from hell to heaven. Again, sinner, it seems clear to me, inasmuch as you say, “but …

The Precious Blood Of Christ

1 Peter 1:19

… Beloved, let us rejoice that the promises are yes, and amen, for no other reason than this—because Christ Jesus died and rose again. Had there been no …

"Verily, Verily"

John 5:24

… We must not be afraid to believe this with great confidence and to rejoice because of it! Someone says, "Ah, but it might be presumption." Presumption to believe …

A Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… we stand"—and this gives us joy—the joy of sweet hope concerning the bright future that lies before us! "We rejoice in hope of the Glory of …

Good Cheer From Grace Received

Matthew 9:20-22

… After it has made its confession of faith, a season of trembling follows occurring, perhaps, as a reaction from the joy of salvation, a rebound of the spirit …

The Necessity of Regeneration

John 3:7

… I thank God for any revival that produces any genuine results but just because I rejoice in revivals of the right kind, I tremble as I think of …

The Sixth Beatitude

Matthew 5:8

… Unclean hearts see little or nothing of good among God's people, but the pure in heart see God in His Church and rejoice to meet Him there …

Blessing for Blessing

Ephesians 1:3

… Surely, dear Friends, if it is well-pleasing in God's sight that sinners should repent—if it makes Heaven more glad and makes joy in the presence …

A Wise Desire

Psalm 47:4

… Verily, beloved brethren, you and I can rejoice in this great fact, that our Saviour chooses for us. For were we all to be assembled together in some …

What Christians Were and Are

Ephesians 2:3

… It makes you tremble, but it also makes you rejoice, for you know that it is the Word of your Father in Heaven who has loved you with …

Forgiveness

Psalm 130:4

… language that God ever uses! "He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over you with singing." Oh, for more …

Lame Sheep

Hebrews 12:13

… Yes, believed on conclusive evidence where we once stood in doubt! Rejoiced with unspeakable joy where we once looked with dreary misgiving! What more can you require? But …

Over Against the Sepulcher

Matthew 27:61

… Thousands of sermons have been delivered upon His death and Resurrection and in this I greatly rejoice, only wishing that there were thousands more. But still, the burial …

A Mournful Defection

John 6:67

… For a merry dance, a wanton amusement, or a transient joy that would not bear reflection, they have renounced the pleasures that never pall, the immortal hopes that …

The Happy Beggar

Psalm 40:17

… Sometimes our soul has seemed as though it were a peal of bells and every power and passion has been set a-ringing with holy joy because the …

"He Comes With Clouds"

Revelation 1:7

… find in Him your Savior at once! If you joy in Him, now, you shall much more rejoice in Him in that day, but if you will have …

Meeting Of Our Own Church

… love; in whom, though now we see Him not, yet believing, we rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory." The REV. DR. ANGUS said he was sure …

The Mighty Arm

Psalm 89:13

… our joy in works of sustentation as well as of creation. The next stanza of the Psalm seems to hint at that: "Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in …

'The Blood of the Testament'

Hebrews 9:19

… Then the Atonement of Christ would become fair and lustrous in your eyes and you would rejoice with unspeakable joy in that boundless love which led the Savior …

Prosperity Under Persecution

Exodus 1:10-12

… I rejoice, though I love not to miss my friends, when I find them led or driven, it may be, to emigration, whether it be to Australia, Canada …

Figs and Olives

James 3:12

… But when you hear of another whom the Lord has honored far more, do not quarrel either with the Lord or with your Brother, but rejoice that there …

The Infallibility of God’s Purpose

Job 23:13

… him?” And since he cannot be changed, my soul must and will rejoice “with joy unspeakable and full of glory.” I wish I could throw the text like …

Resurrection With Christ

Ephesians 2:4

… Whatever goes on around them, neither occasions them joy nor causes them grief. The dead in their graves may be marched over by triumphant armies, but they shout …

A Question for Communicants

Exodus 12:26

… Rejoice with them that rejoice and weep with them that weep! I cannot shake off from myself the idea that this makes up a large part of the …

'Ready, Yes, Ready!'

Isaiah 27:13

… is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over you with singing." Only think of …

Grace Abounding Over Abounding Sin

Romans 5:20

… God has greater joy in man and man has greater joy in God because Divine Grace abounded over sin. We are getting into deep waters now! How true …

The Tenderness of God's Comfort

Isaiah 66:13

… The trial was sharp, indeed, for— "Sharp are the pangs that nature gives"— but, oh, the joy that came with them! It was so surpassing that, in the …

Strong Consolation

Hebrews 6:17

… Strong consolation, even at such times, enables us, still, to rejoice in the Lord though every nerve should twinge and every bone should seem melted into jelly with …

Pleading

Psalm 70:5

… When you cannot live longer without a Saviour, the Saviour will come to you, and you shall rejoice in Him. Brethren, members of this church, as I have …

Order Is Heaven's First Law

Joel 2:8

… Our good and ill, our joy and grief, all keep their places. "Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk everyone in his path." II. But we must …

The Blessings Of Following On

Hosea 6:3

… The contrast between your sorrow and your joy shall be very striking. As your tribulations abound, so, also, shall your consolations abound. Your broken bones shall rejoice! The …