Joy

Longing To Find God

Job 23:3

… You would rejoice to find Him whether it was in the heat of noontide, or in the cool of midnight. Your cry is, "Only let me find Him …

Choice Comfort for a Young Believer

Psalm 138:8

… so does the news of a new-born soul fill me with exceeding joy! Good tidings have come to my ears! We do not often sow and reap …

Earth's Vanities and Heaven's Verities

Psalm 39:6-8

… Ah, dear Friends, we who have joy, calm and peace ought to be very grateful! Praise God while you can, for it may be that a dark night …

Bankrupt Debtors Discharged

Luke 7:42

… Oh, the goodness of the infinite God, whose mercy endures forever! Bow before that goodness with joy! But, then, observe the freeness of it—"He frankly forgave them …

Heaven's Nurse Children

Hosea 11:3

… Spiritually we who have believed are in the same favored condition, and our hearts rejoice this day at the memory of “His great love, wherewith he loved us …

The Greatest Exhibition of the Age

1 Corinthians 11:26

… But the world shall rejoice. But not for long—the world's joy at Christ's death was soon over. 20. And you shall be sorrowful, but your …

Loving the Law of the Lord

Psalm 119:97-100

… How often have I, in times of frightful depression of spirit, reached down my Bible and within a few minutes have been able to leap for joy of …

Jehovah Has Spoken—will You Not Hear?

Jeremiah 13:15-17

… You and I are to reflect that light even as the valleys rejoice in his brightness of the noontide. Let us stand, as it were, this morning, to …

The Bond of the Covenant

Ezekiel 20:34-38

… I am in the bonds of wedlock, but I feel no bondage—on the contrary, it is a joy to be so bound! The bonds of love and …

Psalm 19

Psalm 19

… not against inward fears; they may rejoice the mind, but cannot quiet the conscience; they may kindle some flashy sparkles of joy, but they cannot warm the soul …

Conversion

James 5:19-20

… And if there be joy in the breast of a benevolent man when he saves a body from death, how much more blessed must he be when he …

The Blood Shed For Many

Matthew 26:28

… The death of Christ is a wellspring of solemn joy. Before our great Sacrifice died, the best token of His death was the blood of bulls and of …

Poverty and Riches

2 Corinthians 8:9

… Christ, that is to say, everything—be glad in the Lord and rejoice with unspeakable joy—and full of glory? I close with one more question. If such …

The Rent Veil

Matthew 27:50-51

… How thankful I am for this! What a joy it is to my soul! Some of God's people have not yet realized this gracious fact, for still …

The Exceeding Riches of Grace

Ephesians 2:7

… When I received that thought fairly into my soul last night, I felt like Abraham when he laughed for joy—I sin like a man, but He forgives …

"In the Garden With Him"

John 18:26

… But we have been with Him, sometimes, in His joy, till whether in the body or out of the body, we could not tell—God alone has known …

Brave Waiting

Psalm 27:14

… Your head shall be lifted high above your enemies round about you and you shall rejoice with unspeakable joy and full of glory! The devil bids you cease …

Ecce Rex

John 19:14

… Look at your King in pain and mockery— and see how royal He is to your heart! How sovereignly He commands your heart to rejoice! With what regal …

Vanities and Verities

2 Corinthians 4:18

… It means, first, lightly esteeming both present joy and present sorrow, as if they were not worth looking at. The present is so soon to be over that …

The Leading of the Spirit, The Secret Token of the Sons of God

Romans 8:14

… Blessed are those men and women who are led by the Spirit of God into labors more abundant, for the more abundant shall be their joy. I think …

The Last Sermon for the Year

Luke 16:2

… be a spiritual birthday to you, the first day in which you shall rejoice in a Savior! No, that this very night you may be born again and …

The Paraclete

John 14:16

… away His heart from you and can you do otherwise than rejoice with exceedingly great joy? Let the Spirit of God reveal to you the pierced hands and …

Asleep and Yet Awake—a Riddle

Solomon 5:2

… the spiritual passions be delighted, nor our spirit be carried away with holy joy. Therefore, when we come into God's House and we hear the old familiar …

The Swift Camels

1 Kings 4:20-28

… George Muller, with 2,050 orphan children and nothing to depend upon, as they say, but just prayer and faith, I rejoice greatly! He never has a fear …

The First Recorded Words of Jesus

Luke 2:48

… eager to be at the Prayer Meetings of the saints? Shall I not rejoice to join in their praise? Will not my soul be delighted to be at …

The Sitting of the Refiner

Malachi 3:3

… If we were as we ought to be, every joy that comes to us would tend to make us grateful and so it would make us love God …

The Oft-Repeated Invitation

Revelation 22:17

… Possibly, to some of you, the present is a time of great darkness—in the Gospel there is light for the present—yes, joy even for this moment …

God Glorified By Children's Mouths

… And these are they who joy and rejoice over Him while scribes and Pharisees quarrel about Him. The poor have the Gospel preached to them and the babes …

Nominal Christians—Real Infidels

John 8:46

… No, Beloved, He came to preach glad tidings of great joy to men, a Gospel worthy of all acceptation, in which even the vilest have a share. And …

Pictures of Life

James 4:14

… His face is like a thundercloud—it is clear that a Christian has no joy." Let not the wicked be able to say that, my Lord, but save …

Paul Cheered in Prison by His Lord

Acts 23:10-13

… We dare not look for much joy in anything that we have done, for our poor works are all imperfect. And yet the Lord sometimes gives His servants …

Faith and Repentance Inseparable

Mark 1:15

… In fact, this is how true Christians live; they repent as bitterly as for sin as if they knew they should be damned for it; but they rejoice …

Open Heart For The Great Savior

John 1:12

… In everything else people are so selfish that nothing but personal possession will content them! Why are they not thus careful in religious matters? They do not rejoice …

Threefold Sanctification

1 Corinthians 1:2

… We believe that there is one God, and although we rejoice to recognize the Trinity, yet it is ever most distinctly a Trinity in Unity. Our watch-word …

Psalm 18

Psalm 18

… removes all the gloom of sorrow, and enables the believer to rejoice with exceeding great joy. The lighting of the lamp is a cheerful moment in the winter …

The Last Words of Christ on the Cross

Luke 23:46

… whom I can say, "'Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit.' I rejoice that I am able to put myself there, for I feel absolutely safe in …

A Prayer for the Church Militant

Psalm 28:9

… When shall my labors have an end, In joy, and in you?" Oh, to see the king's face at Home in His own land! To see Him …

The Waterpots at Cana

John 2:7

… He gives to men not only the water of life that they may drink and be refreshed, but ‘wines on the lees well refined’ that they may rejoice …

Everyday Usefulness

John 1:42

… Far be it from us to forbid you who but yesterday found joy and peace, to exert your new-born zeal and youthful ardor! No, my Brothers and …

Christ in Gethsemane

Mark 14:32

… Sudden changes from joy to grief have produced extraordinary results in those who have been affected by them. We have often read or heard of persons whose hair …