Joy

Prayer 6 — The Wonders of Calvary

… we live in Thee, we live in wealth, in sure repose, in constant joy. We have to battle with the sons of men against a thousand errors and …

Last Things

Proverbs 5:11

… If there is anything that can give joy in Heaven, surely it will be in looking back on the Divine Grace which enabled us to serve the Master …

Waking to See Christ's Glory

Luke 9:32

… You are dependent upon Him every instant and for everything—for consistency of life, for the smallest grain of faith, for hope, for love, for peace, for joy …

The Principal Wheat

… If there were no hereafter, yet still, for comfort and for joy, give me the life of one who strives to live like Christ. There is a practical …

To Lovers of Jesus—an Example

Mark 14:6

… What a joy to be permitted to do anything for Him whose great love holds us fast! I feel as if I would gladly, at once, retire from …

Filling the Empty Vessels

Philippians 4:19

… I may here dare to say that I, also, have had the same joy over many of you when I have seen how freely you have given of …

How A Man's Conduct Comes Home To Him

Proverbs 14:14

… A wandering heart will be filled with sorrow, but a heart confiding in the Lord will be satisfied with joy and peace. Or take two farms. One farmer …

Teaching for the Outer and Inner Circles

Mark 4:33

… He that is taught of God is taught aright and taught savingly! By such teaching our joy and pleasure will be greatly increased. There is little joy in …

Sonship Questioned

Matthew 4:3

… Your present experience, though painful, is a necessary preparation for something which will give you tenfold joy—so you may endure the present trial even with cheerfulness because …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… The justified person has true joy. Comfort. All things work together for good. Security. None can condemn, nor destroy. III. AS ABRAHAM WAS SAVED, SO MUST WE BE …

Special Thanksgiving to the Father

Colossians 1:12

… Let him remain there a little longer, and that joy of curiosity, that hectic joy which he now has in the path of sin, will die away, and …

"If There Is No Resurrection"

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

… They died and they told us that they were blood-washed and forgiven, and that they hoped to see the face of God with joy. But if Christ …

His Name—the Mighty God

Isaiah 9:6

… All the joy and consolation we ever had in this world, in our belief that his blood was sufficient to atone for sin, has been but a dream …

Prayer 13 — The Wings of Prayer

… May His joy be in us, for then only can our joy be full. Dear Savior, we are Thy disciples and Thou art teaching us the art of …

The Great Itinerant

Acts 10:38

… The widow at the gate of Nain felt her heart leap within her for joy when her son was restored. And Mary and Martha were glad when Lazarus …

Prayer 11 — Under The Blood

… Give us joy in them—as much joy in them as Christians, as we have had sorrow about them as unbelievers. Further, be pleased to visit Thy Church …

My Last Letters from Mentone

… So there will be joy among many as we meet for tea. God is indeed gracious to me, for I feel well, and I turn my face homeward …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden

… With a cry of mingled fear and joy, they turned, and fled in haste to their father, telling him that they had seen " Mother," that she had smiled …

Prompt Obedience

Psalm 18:44

… How blessed it will be to be welcomed there by those whom we have begotten through the Gospel and with what joy we shall present them to our …

Prayer 26 — Prayer Answered and Unanswered

… We had better have been without it and have dwelt in our God and have found our joy in Him. But now, Lord, in these perilous circumstances, give …

Prayer 3 — The Love Without Measure or End

… Let those whom the Father gave to Christ be brought out from among the ruins of the fall to be His joy and crown. "Let the people praise …

Letters on Private and Public Affairs, 1856-1890 (Continued)

… In this we are alike; but Jesus is the highest joy. Into the Father's hands I commit you, 'until the day break, and the shadows flee away …

The Son Glorified by the Father and the Father Glorified by the Son

John 17:1

… But He counts it as an hour for joy of that which shall be born into the world by His grievous pangs! Thus His love and patience make …

Ears Bored to the Doorpost

Exodus 21:5

… There whatever he gets he has to pay back again—in his own flesh and bones shall he have to pay back every drachma of joy that he …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… And when a man once becomes so envious that another man's joy is his sorrow and another man's gain is his loss—and he cannot be …

Real Contact With Jesus

… You cannot guess what joy it gives us when we hear of sick ones being healed by our Master. Some of you, perhaps, have known the Lord for …

My Comfort In Affliction

Psalm 119:50

… After we are made alive we need to be quickened in duty, to be quickened in joy, to be quickened in every holy exercise and we are happy …

The Believer A New Creature

2 Corinthians 5:17

… To be with Christ is the angels’ joy, it is the heaven of heaven, it is the centre of bliss, the sun of paradise. Let us seek after …

The Corn of Wheat Dying to Bring Forth Fruit

… The Saviour would naturally feel a measure of joy at the sight of them, but he did not say much about it, for his mind was absorbed just …

The Best Donation

2 Corinthians 8:5

… True joy will never be yours until "the joy of the Lord is your strength." To abide in Christ is Heaven begun below. "Blessed are they that dwell …

I Will Give You Rest

… A disciple should know neither grief nor joy which he could not reveal to his Lord. This rest, we may conclude, must be a very wonderful one, since …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… Oh, I do not know anything that puts such strength into a man, such encouragement, such joy makes him so patient as the belief that God has spoken …

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… Before Jehovah's awful throne, we bow with sacred joy. We can truly say that we delight in God. There was a time when we feared Thee, O …

Seekers Directed and Encouraged

Jeremiah 29:13

… It would give me great joy to hear, as I feel sure I shall, that in this as in all the other works of the Church, you are …

The Wailing of Risca

Jeremiah 4:20

… Great was our joy that day when the people met together in thousands, and with songs and praises separated to their homes, talking of what they had heard …

The Two Talents

Matthew 25:22-23

… enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”— Matthew 25:22-23. EVERY good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father …

A Visit to Christ's Hospital

Psalm 107:17-22

… You are our crown of rejoicing, you saved ones! I can truly say that I never have such joy as when I receive letters from persons, or hear …

Under The Apple Tree

… We should not like that others should be witnesses of the delight which now and then tosses our soul into a very tempest of joy. You know what …

The End of the Righteous Desired

Numbers 23:10

… At times, however, God has been pleased to give to His people Divine Grace to mount to Heaven in a chariot of fiery joy, so that their dying …

Consolation For The Despairing

Psalm 31:22

… There may have been willful negligence of the means of Grace, or despising of the value of the fellowship and joy of the Holy Spirit—and therefore the …