Joy

Religion–a Present Enjoyment

… Has not your religion been a joy to you in your difficulties? Has it not calmed your minds? When you have been fretted and troubled about worldly things …

Waiting, Hoping, Watching

Psalm 130:5

… Waiting endears every blessing when it comes—and thus we get two joys—the joy of waiting for the joy, as well as the joy of enjoying the …

Justification And Glory

Romans 8:30

… And I shall have it, for He will never deny to a justified person the fullness of joy which is at His right hand forevermore. Oh, what a …

Essential Points In Prayer

1 Kings 9:2

… There is great joy in completing a work. And yet there is, to some minds, a great letdown, when the once engrossing service ceases to keep the mind …

Prayer 9 — Glorious Liberty

Our Father, we bless Thy name that we can say from the bottom of our hearts, "Abba, Father." It is the chief joy of our lives that we …

The Treasure of Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… He has a joy that will stand all weathers, a joy that will keep in all climates, a joy that shines in the dark, and glitters in the …

Sacred Memories

Jeremiah 51:50

… If I do not remember you, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." This was a …

Life And Walk Of Faith

Colossians 2:6

… If you have really received Christ, and are saved, act as if you were saved—with joy, with meekness, with confidence, with faith, with boldness. Walk in Him …

Only Trust Him! Only Trust Him!

Luke 17:12-14

… Then followed joy and peace, but if we had waited till we felt joy and peace before we came, we should have been standing out against the Gospel …

Christ Our Life—Soon To Appear

Colossians 3:4

… He is full of joy. But the world does not know His joy. No worldly heart is boasting and rejoicing because Christ is glad in Heaven. Christ today …

Sin Subdued

Micah 7:19

… They might serve God, but they are ashamed to make the attempt—ought they not to be ashamed of such cowardice? Some, again, are hindered in their joy …

Christ the Cure for Troubled Hearts

Luke 24:38

… We cannot any longer endure to have this indefinable something, this mysterious fear which haunts us, and takes away the very joy of life." It will be a …

Learning in Private What to Teach in Public

Matthew 10:27

… It has been a constant joy and delight to me to meditate again and again upon the Truths which I have preached, to feed upon them in my …

Christian Resignation

Matthew 26:39

… These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. For, when Christ is not pleased with …

Early And Late

Matthew 20:1

… Our Bible was our child's primer, our spelling book—the guide of our youth and the joy of our earliest years. We thank God that there are …

The Sinful Made Sinless

1 John 3:4

… There is no bondage connected with endeavoring to be like Christ! In fact, there is no joy that always sparkles in the eyes like the joy of a …

Psalm 46

Psalm 46

… Show thy joy in holy song, and in times of trouble play the man by still making music for thy God. SELAH. Here as before, lift up the …

Swooning and Reviving Christ's Feet

… provision for all our wants and for all our right desires, all that we need for sustenance and joy. Then, what a poverty-stricken soul am I that …

Holy Song From Happy Saints

Isaiah 5:1

… We want some such expression for the sacred joy that rises in our soul at this feast. But not only when the emblems are before us, but when …

Glimpses of Essex and Cambridgeshire Life, 1853

It has been my privilege and joy, sometimes, to tarry for a little season amongst the lowly. I have had a seat given me in the chimney corner …

Life's Inevitable Burden

Galatians 6:6

… No! I know my own hope and I will keep it! And, blessed be God, as we have our own burden, so we have our own joy. The …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… He gives them such joy and consolation in the service of their Master that it is a sweet employ, and they cry, “We delight to do thy will …

Reasons for Seeking God

Amos 5:8

… The spiritualfeast upon the body and blood of Jesus Christ which is the joy of the saints, they know not! But the outward emblems are adored by some …

The Perseverance of Faith

Matthew 15:28

… When a great sinner says, "I believe that He is a Savior great enough to save me, it brings joy to the heart of Christ! When an old …

The Forerunner

Hebrews 6:20

… And when He rejoices, it is His desire that His joy may be in you, that your joy may be full. He has married you and He means …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… Some of us have learned to be afraid of joy. Sadness is often the herald of satisfaction. But bliss is oftentimes the harbinger of pain. Whether it is …

Overcoming Christ

Solomon 6:5

… The great joy of Christ at this moment is found in gazing at His redeemed ones. Look at Him as Man, if you will, and what a wondrous …

A Vexed Soul Comforted

Job 27:2

… God made the travail of his soul to be forgotten by reason of the joy that came of it. Job no longer thought of the dunghill and the …

Invitation to a Conference

Isaiah 1:18

… You are standing out against the God of Love, refusing to submit to Him whose service is perfect freedom and joy. You are utterly wrong in your relationship …

Love Pledging Fidelity

1 Samuel 18:3

… The shepherd rejoices when he finds the sheep that was lost, but does his joy end when he finds it? Oh, no! The father had great joy when …

The Interest Of Christ And His People In Each Other

Solomon 2:16

… And it will be joy for you to say, "as the members belong to the Head, so am I my Beloved's." Further than this—we are our …

Unbelievers Stumbling—Believers Rejoicing

Romans 9:33

… Our soul says, "Joy! We do not expect it here, it is there that joy is to be found." "Wealth? No man is rich on earth, riches are …

'Oh, How He Loves!'

John 11:36

… for You loved Me before the foundation of the world." Jesus has an ever-flowing fountain of joy in His heart, but He desires that His joy may …

A Call For Revival

Solomon 7:11-13

… Your joy shall be in spending and being spent for Him. III. Thirdly, LOVE LABORS, ALSO, AT HOME. Nearer the palace there were vineyards and the spouse said …

The Agony in Gethsemane

Luke 22:44

… It is always joy to do good, cost what it may. Moreover, Jesus dwelt at perfect peace with God at all times. We know that He did so …

Psalm 150

Psalm 150

… Are there not periods of life when we feel so glad that we would fain dance for joy? Let not such exhilaration be spent upon common themes, but …

God's Dealings With Egypt and Israel

Psalm 78:51

… God is his exceeding joy. He is, indeed, his all. This is the mark of the people of God and God has such a people scattered up and …

Patient Job and the Baffled Enemy

Job 1:22

… A cloud of witnesses look down upon the feats of Faith and note with joy how it achieves everything which the Lord appoints it to perform. It even …

Prayer 21 — Boldness at The Throne of Grace

… Now, Lord, wilt Thou be pleased to cause all Thy children's hearts to dance within them for joy? Oh! help Thy people to come to Jesus again …

"Return, Return, O Shulamite; Return, Return!"

Song 6:13

… If it be so with you, my brethren, you are losing the joy of Christian life when you might be filled with delight; you are poverty-stricken, where …