Joy

How To Become Fishers of Men

Matthew 4:19

… It is, "Follow me, and I will make you." We should repent of what we have been, but rejoice in what we may be. It is not "Follow …

The Panting Deer

Psalm 42:1

… Why do we wander? Why do we grieve His Holy Spirit? Why do we turn aside from God, our exceeding joy? Why do we provoke Him to jealousy …

A Bad Excuse Is Worse Than None

Luke 14:18

… O that they may come to the feast which they have long rejected and rejoice in the mercy of God in Christ Jesus! Why did they make excuses …

The Blind Man's Eyes Opened—or, Practical Christianity

John 9:3

… Glory in your infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon you! Rejoice that as your tribulations abound, so, also, shall your consolations abound by Christ Jesus …

A Discourse For A Revival Season

Jeremiah 8:19

… If you were uneasy and felt yourselves to be strangers and foreigners in the land of destruction, how would I clap my hands for joy, for you would …

Christ's Word with You

Matthew 11:28

… Strive not to do, yourself, what Christ has done! Claim the free gift and make the joy your own. No more by pangs of guilt and fear distress …

Future Punishment A Fearful Thing

Hebrews 10:31

… You rejoice, and rightly so, because Israel was preserved, but what a fearful thing it was that Egypt should be destroyed! Pharaoh and all the chivalry of Mizraim …

A Sermon to Open Neglecters and Nominal Followers of Religion

Matthew 21:28-32

… wear the crown; your fingers shall touch the golden harps; you shall rejoice with the joy which is unspeakable and fall of glory. Will ye not come? Christ …

God's Works Made Manifest

John 9:3

… I think that God's works are sometimes manifested in men by giving them great joy. There is a person here, tonight, convicted of sin. Mr. Conscience has …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… Moreover, we should rejoice that as Jesus Christ, by his dying, put away for ever the sin of his people, so by his living he gave unto those …

The Nobleman's Faith

John 4:46-53

… You will joy and rejoice in the fact that you are saved. You will not stop to quibble and to question, or to follow after all kinds of …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… We shall not bow before him with trembling, but it will be with joy; we shall not shake at his presence, but rejoice with joy unspeakable. Furthermore, if …

Dressing In The Morning

Romans 13:11-14

… As Christ is anointed to be Prophet, Priest and King, put Him on in all these three offices and rejoice to do so. "Put you on the Lord …

His Name—The Everlasting Father

Isaiah 9:6

… Of Him we may sing with David, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever." A theme for great rejoicing on our part! Rejoice, Believer, in Jesus Christ …

Where The "If" Lies

Mark 9:23

… To make the light in which we rejoice, only needed for the Lord to say, "Let there be light." In the case before us our Lord only said …

The Glory, Unity and Triumph of the Church

John 17:22-3

… Christ Jesus and He was One with God?" So we believe and we rejoice greatly to hear our Lord say, "I and my Father are One." See, then …

The Church—Conservative And Aggressive

1 Timothy 3:15

… She loses a joy herself, and inflicts a serious injury upon her offspring when, if having the ability, she lacks the affection which would compel her to support …

The Minister’s Self-Watch

… I hold very stern opinions with regard to Christian men who have fallen into gross sin; I rejoice that they may be truly converted, and may be with …

Anecdotes from the Pulpit

… If you have never read his works I almost envy you the joy of entering for the first time upon his Unsearchable Riches , trying his Precious Remedies , tasting …

Election and Holiness

Deuteronomy 10:14-16

… Oh, Father, if thou hast given me life, and light, and joy, and peace, the reason is known only to thyself; for reasons in myself 1 ne’er …

The God of the Aged

Isaiah 46:4

… I want to be with Jesus, to be like him, and to see him as he is.” And is not the joy of that hope just the same …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… By them we ask, we promise, we invoke, we dismiss, we threaten, we intreat, we deprecate, we express fear, joy, grief, our doubts, our assent, our penitence: we …

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

… It is a joy worth worlds that the Lord should think upon us who are so poor and needy: it is a joy which fills our whole nature …

Psalm 99

Psalm 99

… In such a God we rejoice, his greatness and loftiness are exceedingly delightful in our esteem; the more he is honoured and exalted in the hearts of men …

'Let Us Pray'

Psalm 73:23

… This is a state to which men reach after they have had their sins forgiven, after they have passed from death unto life; then they come to rejoice …

Earnestness: Its Marring and Maintenance

… Oh, brethren, the present joy of having saved a soul is overwhelmingly delightful; you have felt it, I trust, and know it now. To save a soul from …

On the Choice of a Text

… Some may ridicule, but I adore; others may even censure, but I rejoice. Anything is better than mechanical sermonising, in which the direction of the Spirit is practically …

Psalm 56

Psalm 56

… That I may walk before God in the light of the living, enjoying the favour and presence of God, and finding the joy and brightness of life therein …

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

… The happiness given to the faithful is that of God himself; purified spirits joy with the same joy as the Lord himself. "That my joy may be in …

Our Manifesto

Galatians 1:11

… To your great joy, you set before her Christ in all His fullness of Grace and she becomes the brightest of the whole circle, for they never knew …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… Spurgeon always said, “I felt my blood boil with indignation, and I answered, ‘I rejoice that I have such a God as that; and if He were to …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878 (Continued)

… declare your faith, it has now arrived; and I, for one, shall heartily rejoice if your declaration is so clear that nobody in this world can misunderstand you …

Election

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

… There is joy and comfort for thee! Then, not only take heart, but go and try the Master. Remember, if you were not elect, you would lose nothing …

Psalm 11

Psalm 11

… I now rejoice in heart, And hope bids me do so; For Christ will take my part, And ease me of my woe. Thou say'st Lord, whoso …

Psalm 69

Psalm 69

… Its composition is of two most sweet and fragrant things, fitted to inspire strength into the fainting, and make desolate hearts sing for joy. Turn unto me according …

The Holy Spirit in Connection with Our Ministry

… full often have we been lifted up from the deeps of sorrow to the heights of joy by the sacred Paraclete. We have also, in a measure, been …

The Evils of the Present Time, and Our Object, Necessities, and Encouragements*

… the last penny; ’tis the King’s.” My Lord, for Thee I will rejoice to be “the off’-scouring of all things,” that I may be found faithful …

Eccentric Preachers

… enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."— Matt. xxv. 23, 33. Sermon IX.—TIie Prodigal's Return . . ... , , .145 *' But when he was yet a great way off …

Baptismal Regeneration

Mark 16:15-16

… I know they do, and herein I rejoice in their enlightenment, but I question, gravely question their morality. To take oath that I sincerely assent and consent to …

The Call to the Ministry

… How my heart leaped for joy when I heard tidings of my first convert! I could never be satisfied with a full congregation, and the kind expressions of …