Joy

The Universal Remedy

Isaiah 53:5

… A sight of the Crucified strikes Unbelief dumb, so that it cannot mutter a single questioning word, while Faith begins to sing and to rejoice as she sees …

A Definite Challenge for Definite Prayer

Mark 10:51

… For a man not to rejoice when he saw his poor fellow creature thus healed, shows that he must have been destitute of much milk of human kindness …

The Two Pivots

Exodus 3:6

… Come joy or come sorrow, whate'er may befall, An hour with my God will make up for them all!" If God gave to His children gall and …

A Challenge and a Shield

Romans 8:34

… Are you among the number? Oh, if you, my dear Hearers, knew the joy and peace that would come to you if you but trusted in the doctrine …

Cheer for Despondency

Proverbs 27:1

… Then little do they know what the day will bring forth! They cannot imaging the joy they shall have, nor the peace they shall receive! The pardon which …

How to Read the Bible

1 Timothy 4:13

… I have known some rejoice greatly in the Doctrine of Election who were never elected, and some who were very pleased with the Doctrine of Justification by Faith …

A Call to the Depressed

Isaiah 52:2

… Humble yourself because of your treachery and say, "My Father, You shall be the guide of my youth," and you shall be restored perfectly, and your former joy …

A Marvelous Change

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

… Oh, but while the drunkard cannot have eternal life abiding in him while he is such, is it not a joy to think of the many drunkards who …

For or Against?

Matthew 28:4-6

… They certainly rejoice when you begin to pray, and to repent, and to believe in Jesus. Do not be afraid of them, for they will not hurt you …

The Minister's Plea

Philippians 1:19

… Therefore will we rejoice in tribulations and accept God's will, whatever it may be. But observe that the Apostle did not expect that good would arise out …

A Most Needful Prayer Concerning The Holy Spirit

Psalm 51:11

… The Lord will heal your broken bones, and restore unto you the joy of His salvation. But probably far more of us will have an equal necessity to …

A Clarion Call to Saints and Sinners

Micah 2:10

… be welcomed by our Lord into everlasting habitations! With such anticipations we can rejoice to hear the bugle sound again and again, "Arise you, and depart; for this …

A Call To Worship

Zechariah 8:21

… I went with them to the House of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy day." For the sake of communion …

The Only Door

John 10:9

… So they clapped their hands at once for joy, and said, "Never mind about the branches, and stems, and twigs—we have never heard of them—but we …

The Suffering Christ Satisfied

Isaiah 53:11

… the joy note in his mind—that the Great King—the greatest of all kings—will care for the lowly and the humble. Let us rejoice in this …

Heart Piercing

Acts 2:37

… and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." "The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy …

Men Chosen—Fallen Angels Rejected

Hebrews 2:16

… Therefore rejoice; for though he has a right to destroy thee, recollect, he will not; for his heart is full of love and pity towards thee. Only come …

'A Prepared Place for a Prepared People'

John 14:2

… And when you get to Heaven, you will be astonished to see this and that and the other joy that was prepared for you because Christ thought of …

Three Decisive Steps

1 Samuel 7:2-5

… They did not rejoice to believe in the Lord, but they "lamented" after Him—they kept sorrowing and sighing, moaning and crying—needing Him, but never coming to …

Majesty in Misery

Luke 22:63-65

… Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died." Therefore, be glad, Beloved—while you sorrow over your Lord's griefs, rejoice over what those griefs have …

Divine Gentleness Acknowledged

Psalm 18:35

… Because He has set His love upon me my soul shall sing and rejoice. Election makes all the objects of it great! Now, as you think of your …

The Glory of Grace

Ephesians 1:6

… But as to doctrinal truth, I can always rejoice if I can see the fact to be old as the everlasting hills! The geologist tells us that some …

Christ's Care of His Disciples

John 18:8

… And now come I to You and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves. What an unselfish Savior! His …

Proving God

Malachi 3:10

… You may rejoice 'as a strong man to run a race,' but while you fulfill your circuits, and nothing is hid from your heat, you shall prove My …

Witnesses for God

Isaiah 43:10

… If it does not save men from sinning, if it does not lift up the fallen, if it does not give light and joy to the despairing, then …

Righteous Hatred

Psalm 97:10

… What if they should speak evil of you? Know you not that you are to rejoice in that day when they shall say all manner of evil against …

Chiding and Cheering

John 14:9

… The presence of Jesus has made the heartstrings of many here to sound like harps of joy! Has He been with you so long, near unto you, seen …

Justification by Faith

Romans 5:1

… It is simply believing, simply trusting! Oh, believe Him! Trust Him and it shall be the joy of your soul to have a peace with God which as …

An Unparalleled Cure

Matthew 9:32

… Well, then, it was time that they should do so! And when God divided the waters, they went through the sea on foot and there did they rejoice …

Baptism Essential To Obedience

Mark 16:16

… But then rejoice that there is sent to you a Gospel which can save you, a Gospel which is adapted and meant for the salvation ofjust such a …

'Jesus Our Lord'

Romans 4:24

… Our common joy in "Jesus our Lord" becomes an evidence of Grace. Have you felt a gracious sweetness stealing over your soul because Jesus Christ is your Lord …

God's Mercy Going Before

Psalm 59:10

… But we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement Then he begins to explain the great plan of …

Unanswered Prayer

Psalm 22:2

… Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart

The Form of Sound Words

2 Timothy 1:13

… the things that thou thinkest are not thine own—I will make thee rejoice in them as thine own, by my grace; thou lovest election, though thou thinkest …

The Bridegroom's Parting Words

Solomon 8:13

… Is it not a heavenly joy to sit still on the one day of rest and to be fed with the finest of the wheat? I have known …

Paul's Persuasion

Romans 8:38

… Beloved, if you would be saved, you must be persuaded of this Truth of God—and when you are persuaded of it, you will know the joy of …

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Psalm 149:4-6

… When I see a father playing and toying, thus, with his child, and finding joy in his offspring, I understand, a little, how it is that the Lord …

One of the Master's Choice Sayings

Matthew 14:16

… that he finds it very hard to rejoice in the Lord, for his Sabbaths are a burden instead of a joy. My dear Brother, you need all the …

A Fear to Be Desired

Hosea 3:5

… But there is another sort of fear which has in it the very essence of love and, without which there would be no joy even in the Presence …

Manasseh

… There was joy on earth, ay, and there was joy in heaven too; the bells of heaven rang merry peals the day Manasseh prayed; the angels of heaven …