Joy

Mourners, Inquirers, Covenanters

Jeremiah 50:4

… I rejoice in those old Scot books about the Covenant—Covenant Truth was so inwrought into the Scot heart that Scot peasants, as well as divines, perpetually talked …

The Best Strengthening Medicine

Hebrews 11:34

… Assuredly, you will not hold out without true faith—and much of it! You must endure, "as seeing Him who is invisible." You must joy in God, or …

A Cure For Care

1 Peter 5:7

… Let them rejoice, "Rejoice in the Lord always," but they never can, so long as they indulge in anxious cares. Besides this, these anxious cares do not only …

The First Note of My Song

Psalm 103:3

… I say again, nobody ever sings over an uncertain pardon! A doubt as to our forgiveness is fatal to all joy, for it lets in the dread fear …

The Glory in the Rear

Exodus 14:19-20

… As he is the sum total of our joy, so his departure is the essence of our misery. If God do not smile upon us, who can cheer …

Rest For The Laboring

Matthew 11:28-30

… I will not drink till every soldier has a draught." So is it with Christ! In all our afflictions, He is afflicted and He will not have joy …

God the Wonder-Worker

Psalm 136:4

… for his mercy endureth for ever." The joy is that you and I assembled here this morning either are, or may be, personal instances of the wonder-working …

Conversions Encouraged

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

… What little joy I had before has utterly departed and no new joy comes. I am neither fit for God nor fit for the devil. I can find …

A Welcome for Jesus

Luke 8:40

… Wait and watch for the glorious appearing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, which is the joy and hope of His whole Church! Wait and watch for …

"God, and Not Man"—What Does It Mean?

Hosea 11:9

… But He is also good and gracious—and this Truth of God brings joy and brightness to you! The only rays of light you can ever get must …

The Inexhaustible Barrel

1 Kings 17:16

… My sin is like a millstone round my neck and I cannot get rid of it.” My hearer, I am glad to hear thee speak thus; I rejoice …

What is the Verdict?

1 John 3:21

… Be not intoxicated with joy." If I find my spirits sink, I cry, "Come, Heart, do not play the fool! You have nothing to be down about—rejoice …

The Unchangeable Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… In this we rejoice, yes, and will rejoice, that Jesus Christ is our Priest, "the same yesterday, and today, and forever." And as King He is always the …

Three Homilies From One Text

Matthew 4:23-25

… surely there would be better days for London, and we would have to rejoice that God had made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the …

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Matthew 6:13

… The sentiment is not inconsistent with, "all joy," when the many different temptations do come. It is akin to the Savior's, "If it is possible, let this …

The Lord Leading—David Following

2 Samuel 5:24

… But the death of Christ that is effectual for the end for which it was designed is worth preach-ing—and more and more do we rejoice to …

Depths and Heights

Hebrews 1:2

… O dear Friends, rejoice in this wondrous Truth of God—He that was a Babe at Bethlehem, was God Incarnate! He that, being weary, sat on the well …

The Lord's Own Salvation

Hosea 1:7

… Our themes of joy by far outweigh our topics of grief and we find the Lord's service a happy one. The connection of our text suggests the …

The Question of Questions

John 9:35

… The preacher himself joined in the universal joy and they sang together, "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!" Oh, what a mercy it is when the waiter …

The Profit Of Godliness In This Life

1 Timothy 4:8

… dare not think it! Far rather would I bid him rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for so persecuted they the Prophets that were before him …

Dei Gratia

Ephesians 1:6

… And saints forget this, too, and therefore their minds become dark, their spirits fall into legal bondage, and where they ought to rejoice in the Lord unceasingly, they …

No Compromise

Genesis 24:5-8

… We are the Bridegroom's friends, and we rejoice greatly in his joy, but we sigh and cry till we have found the chosen hearts in whom he …

David's Five-stringed Harp

… will make your bleeding wounds to be stanched and your broken heart to rejoice, if you can say it! And, once more, it seems to me to be …

For Whom Is The Gospel Meant?

Mark 2:17

… Oh, you children of godly parents, you young people of excellent morals and delicate consciences, to you I speak, even to you! Rejoice in your privileges, but do …

Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:9

… In Heaven there is joy over a sinner's repentance—angels do not rejoice in extraordinary conversions merely, but "over one sinner that repents." Still, as far us …

Walking in the Light of the Lord

Isaiah 2:5

… I do not know that I have had so much joy over any score of converts, since, as I had over that first one! That is a very …

Christ's 'New Commandment'

John 13:34

… Let us weep with those that weep and rejoice with those that rejoice. Nothing tends so greatly to oil the wheels of life as a little loving sympathy …

Imitators of God

Ephesians 5:1

… Rejoice in your Father though you cannot rejoice in yourself! Lastly, when the text says, "Be you imitators of God," it bids us keep on imitating Him as …

Our Urgent Need of the Holy Spirit

Romans 15:13

… Hence my text in the 13th verse, "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through …

My Prayer

Psalm 119:37

… Since that season, for blessed be God that state is over now, we have joy and peace in believing—not all the joy and peace we could wish …

The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple

Revelation 1:17-18

… That it was not so is clear from the fact that our Lord said to him, 'Fear not.' Fear was far more in the ascendant than holy joy …

John's First Doxology

Revelation 1:5

… Amen." The Apostles overflowed with praise! This explains to me, I think, those texts which bid us "rejoice evermore," "bless the Lord at all times," and "pray without …

All and All in All

Colossians 3:11

… But now, "we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh." At this day even …

"Dare To Be a Daniel"

Daniel 1:8

… There is a King, a portion of whose meat we rejoice to eat, and of whose wine we delight to drink. But as to questionable things, things of …

Understandest Thou What Thou Readest?

Acts 8:30-33

… The faith of the Scriptures leads joy by the hand, and chases away despair. When true religion coupes, its tendency is to make us rejoice in the Lord …

Two Loving Invitations

John 1:39

… It is not some future joy merely, but present joy! Oh, if you trust Jesus Christ you shall, "come and see," that sin is mastered as well as …

'The Ministry of Reconciliation'

2 Corinthians 5:18

… When we talk about being at peace with God and speak of the joy which this reconciliation brings, we can say, "We know it is so, for we …

A Bundle of Myrrh

Solomon 1:13

… Observe first, that nothing gives the believer so much joy as fellowship with Christ. Ask yourselves, you who have eaten at his table and have been made to …

Shining Christians

Isaiah 60:1

… Oh, joy, joy, joy! Let God be praised continually for such a blessed gift as this! Now I must leave that part of my subject, only asking you …

The Double Drawing Near

James 4:8

… But if you live up on the mountaintop, you will rejoice in the sun's rays before your fellow creatures see them and you will bask in them …