Joy

The Keynote of the Year

Psalm 103:1

… Be it mine to lead this great congregation with such a Psalm as this— "Before Jehovah's awful Throne, You nations bow with sacred joy Know that the …

The Sacred Love-Token

Exodus 12:13

… We dwell beneath the blood-mark and rejoice that Jesus poured out His soul for us unto death when He bore the sins of many. But we believe …

Unconditional Surrender

James 4:7

… if you submit yourselves to Christ let me hear of it, and do not delay to unite yourselves with those who rejoice to be led in triumph as …

A Life-Long Occupation

Hebrews 13:15

… You must have also an overflowing content, a real joy in Him. Dear Brothers and Sisters, be sure that you do not lose your joy. If you ever …

Jude's Doxology

… It is a sad state of heart for any man to be in! To be excluded—self-excluded—from the general acclamations of joy in the Presence of …

Jesus Interceding For Transgressors

Isaiah 53:12

… We rejoice in His finished work, and rest in it, but that relates to His atoning Sacrifice. His intercession springs out of His Atonement and it will never …

A Look and Its Lessons

Isaiah 51:1

… and you shall bring upon yourself and all your posterity continual holiness and joy! It is foolish for anyone to complain because Adam was made our representative, for …

Clearing the Road to Heaven

Isaiah 62:10

… Those I leave to others and I wish them joy in their task. If I were to venture upon such a labor I should only be like Sisyphus …

Soul Satisfaction

Psalm 35:3

… Flee away from everything which has up to now yielded you a gleam of comfort, or a ray of joy, to the wounds of Him who suffered in …

The Profit Of Godliness In The Life To Come

1 Timothy 4:8

… Into the joy of Heaven, which knows no bounds, shall you enter, according to His Words, "Enter you into the joy of your Lord." And all this, and …

Christ Precious to Believers

1 Peter 2:7

… This life, its joy, its lust, its gains, its honours,—these have beauty in the eye of the unregenerate man, but in Christ he sees nothing which he …

Filling Up the Measure of Iniquity

Genesis 15:16

… O satisfy us early with Your mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein You have afflicted …

A Vile Weed and a Fair Flower

Hebrews 13:5

… If others are better off, or more esteemed, they straightway seem to regard them as enemies, cannot think well of them, cannot wish them well, would almost rejoice …

Love's Crowning Deed

John 15:13

… It is a bitter pill and must be drowned in a sweet potion before we can rejoice in it. I am certain that no person, apart from sweet …

Weak Hands and Feeble Knees

Isaiah 35:8

… Give your light plenty of air, and it will burn all the brighter; and others seeing your light will be able to rejoice in it. You are not …

Paved With Love

Solomon 3:10

… It is His solace and His joy. It is almost inconceivable by us that Jesus should derive joy from the fact that He loves us, but it is …

Spices, Flowers, Lilies and Myrrh

Solomon 5:13

… How greatly we rejoice to think of Christ's Humanity because we feel that it brings Him very near to us! He is our Brother! He feels what …

The Greatest Wonder of Grace

Ezekiel 9:8

… Far from it! There are many other things to make us rejoice, but if the sad state of our fellow men does not cause us to sigh and …

For The Troubled

Psalm 88:7

… But sometimes, I say, saints are forced to sing such dolorous ditties that from beginning to end there is not one note of joy. Yet even in their …

Slaying the Sacrifice

Leviticus 1:5

… But if one of more liberal spirit discharged the whole amount, your gratitude would be deep and overflowing! Let us rejoice that the Lord Jesus Christ has evidently …

Faith Essential to Pleasing God

Hebrews 11:6

… If the Holy Spirit leads you to feel the full sweetness of this Truth of God, you will rejoice with joy unspeakable. I feel like singing rather than …

Opening the Mouth

Psalm 81:10

… You may feel, at times, that there is little to request on your own account and you may rejoice that the Lord has filled you to the full …

Declaring the Works of the Lord

Psalm 118:17

… May the Holy Spirit bedew the Word afresh, and make it a joy to meditate thereon! I. MANY ARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD. Are not all things …

Hold Fast Your Shield

Hebrews 10:35

… We comfort one another with these words! Yes, we joy and rejoice and we reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared …

Satan Departing, Angels Ministering

Luke 4:13

… After fasting, one looks for deeper spiritual feeling and more holy joy. But the most prominent fact, here, is that, "He afterward was hungry," Think not that you …

Who Should Be Baptized?

Acts 8:37

… Do you, dear Friends, thus believe the Truth of God with your hearts? Are you not only convinced of it, but is it your joy and delight? Do …

Go Back? Never!

Hebrews 11:15

… When the creature streams are dry, go to this eternal fountain, and you will find it always springing up! Your God is your true joy—make your joy …

God's People in the Furnace

Isaiah 48:10

… in the depths of tribulation as he does in the heights of our joy and exultation. Oh! thou who art beloved of friends, “when thy father and mother …

Comfort and Constancy

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… I notice that it is usually thus with those who decline— they first of all lose the comfort and joy of religion—they have not the brightness and …

The Pity of the Lord—the Comfort of the Afflicted

James 5:11

… Creatures too often come between us and the Creator—and when they are removed, we see Him more distinctly, whom to see is joy and peace! We never …

Strength And Recovery

Zechariah 10:12

… You have been very wretched and miserable, have you not? When you are strengthened from on high you begin to feel a greater joy and oh, a little …

Providence—as Seen in the Book of Esther

Esther 9:1

… he sees with an inner sight and discovers God everywhere! It is his joy to perceive that the Lord is working according to His will in Heaven, earth …

A Free Grace Promise

Joel 2:32

… I sometimes rejoice in God, and joy in the God of my salvation, and spread my wings and mount up into communion with the heavenlies; but still there …

Conceit Rebuked

Job 34:33

… There is the Gospel—take it or leave it, but change it you cannot! May the Lord grant that you may accept it and rejoice in it for …

Sweet Stimulants for the Fainting Soul

Psalm 42:6

… So it makes a kind of checker-work—there are blacks and whites, joys and sorrows, bliss and mourning mingled together! The highest joy and the deepest sorrow …

The Stronghold

Nahum 1:7

… He was good on your wedding-day, when He gave you the loved one to be the joy of your life. And He was just as good on …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… You did not rejoice in it and now you cannot hear it. That is a dreadful sort of deafness! If you suffer from a physical deafness you can …

A Cheering Incident at Bethabara

John 10:39-42

… In the face of intense opposition our eyes should sparkle— "With that stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel." In the name of God …

The Best War Cry

Numbers 23:21

… Said He not to His Apostles, "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world"? Have we not this for our joy whenever we …

Trembling at the Word of the Lord

Isaiah 66:2

… We find the children of God sometimes upon very high places—their spiritual life is vigorous and their inward joy is abounding. When we give you descriptions of …