Joy

Theocracy

Psalm 44:4

… Trying to win a race warms a man and produces in him joy, the joy of activity, the joy of competition and, often, the joy of success. But …

The Day of Salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2

… bedewed a garden which henceforth yields the oil of joy, by which Believers may anoint their faces with gladness! Jesus was heard in that He feared and, therefore …

The Yoke Removed and the Lord Revealed

Ezekiel 34:27

… They cannot say that they have much joy or much peace through believing, neither can they expect it, for their faith is so exceedingly weak. Others call them …

All Joy in All Trials

James 1:2-4

… is one of joy and gladness, and were it universally understood and received this world would be no longer a wilderness, but it would rejoice and blossom as …

David's Dying Prayer

Psalm 72:10

… If it had no pre-eminence among its sister spheres, certainly it was inferior to none of them, surrounded with beauty, girt with gladness, and having in it …

The Fruitless Vine

Ezekiel 15:1-2

… You may find the false professor among the rich; he hath much wealth, and he is hailed with gladness by the church. God hath given him much of …

The Tent Dissolved and the Mansion Entered

2 Corinthians 5:1

… he knows the why of his gladness. And so he can bear the cruel tests to which the world exposes spiritual joy. The true Believer's peace can …

The Claims of God

Psalm 100:3

… Because the Lord is God, therefore, should we serve Him with gladness and come before His Presence with singing. It was upon this point that God tested Pharaoh …

If So—what Then?

1 Peter 4:18

… the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.God turns sad fasts …

What Have I Done?

Jeremiah 8:6

… Oh! I think I see the joy and gladness with which a good child of God looked upon me last week, when we had heard some one who …

The King's Sharp Arrows

Psalm 45:5

… therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows. All Your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the …

Prayer—the Forerunner of Mercy

Ezekiel 36:37

… and when God Almighty makes the prayers of his people full of joy and gladness, it is then that the sea of grace returneth to its strength. In …

Saving the Lost

Luke 19:10

… They do not laugh—they seem very quiet about their joy but there is a deep undercurrent of gladness. One said to me, lately, "God has been very …

Psalm 32

Psalm 32

… The word rejoice, to express our joy by some outward gesture, sometimes used for dancing, as, "The hills skip for gladness." Ps 65:12. The word be joyful …

The Death of Christ for His People

1 John 3:16

… Ah, I had seen enough to make me worship for a moment, but my gladness was as the early cloud and as the morning dew! Soon I went …

Early Wedded Life

… I rejoice to remember how I shared my beloved's joy when he founded the Institution, and that, together, we planned and pinched in order to carry out …

Sight For Those Who See Not

John 9:39

… are beautiful, tonight, for I bring you glad tidings of exceeding joy—light for the blind, gladness for the despairing, Divine Grace for the guilty! Now I want …

Reform

2 Chronicles 31:1

… until at last the top-stone is brought forth with shoutings of joy and gladness. Well said the Scotch woman, when her husband asked her, on her return …

Psalm 40

Psalm 40

… and hence in praying for his friends, he prayed that in the joy and gladness of their souls they might say, "The Lord be magnified." He desired them …

The Well-Beloved's Vineyard

… Black clouds of error hover over us; but at the same time we rejoice that, from John o’ Groat’s House to the Land’s End, Christ is …

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… Whosoever do partake with Christ's subjects in trouble, shall share with them also in the joy of their deliverance; therefore it is said, "We will rejoice in …

Beginning to Serve the Lord

… Were I, at this good hour, to change the note of gladness for one of sadness, it would be to wail out my penitent confession of the times …

The Christian’s Heaviness and Rejoicing

1 Peter 1:6

… greatly rejoice in it, for Christ’s name’s sake; for I can practice the text which says, ‘Rejoice ye in that day and leap for joy;’” and …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Continued)

… the joy of being all the day long with my beloved, and this for three or four days together, was enough to fill my heart with gladness, and …

Psalm 64

Psalm 64

… Admiring his justice and fully acquiescing in its displays, they shall also rejoice at the rescue of injured innocence yet, their joy shall not be selfish or sensual …

The Sin of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:19

… I see his splendour, and I rejoice at it; I behold his pompous appearance, and I smile with gladness that he is come to be “admired of all …

Christ's Finished Work

John 19:30

… felt something like a thrill of joy and gladness that the sufferings of the loved one now were over? Rejoice then—rejoice that the sufferings of Jesus are …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage (Concluded)

… You and others may not have observed it, but I am now conscious of it, and a sense thereof has put bitterness in my cup of joy. Oh …

Psalm 23

Psalm 23

… alone rejoices and exhilarates the soul! It is called the "oil of gladness," and the "joy of the Holy Ghost." Nathanael Hardy. Verse 5. "Thou anointest my head …

Psalm 31

Psalm 31

… I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. In the midst of trouble faith will furnish matter of joy, and promise to itself gladness, especially from the …

Love, Courtship, and Marriage

… hear him say it, and I trembled and was silent for very joy and gladness. The sweet ceremony of betrothal needs no description; every loving and true heart …

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… But when his debt is paid, he leaps into liberty and gladness! When I learned that my enormous debt of sin had been fully discharged by the Lord …

Experiences after Conversion

… This was the case also with George Whitefield, who never forgot those with whom, before his conversion, he used to play cards, and he had the joy of …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… The Sacrifice of Christ for sin—is it more a subject of sorrow or of joy? Can we look to the Cross without mourning for sin? Can we …

The Memorable Hymn

… What does He teach us by it? Does He not say to each of us, His followers “My religion is one of happiness and joy; I, your Master …

The Believer Not An Orphan

… oil of joy will perfume your heart! How soon will your sackcloth be put away, and the garments of gladness adorn you! With what joy of heart will …

The Sympathy of the Two Worlds

… been full of joy, you have first called together your own kindred and friends, and you have communicated to them the cause of your gladness; and when those …

A Woman of a Sorrowful Spirit

1 Samuel 1:15

… She says in the first verse, "I rejoice in Your salvation," and it was even so. God was her exceeding joy and His salvation her delight. Oh, it …

Coming to Christ

1 Peter 2:4

… Believe in Jesus Christ, and when you get the joy and peace which faith in him will be sure to bring, then philosophize as you will. But some …

The Parable of the Sower

… But our joy is premature; they sprang up on a sudden, and received the word with joy, because they had no depth of earth, and the self-same …