Joy

Christ's Great Mission

Matthew 20:28

… and sorely cast down in spirit, it would make my heart beat for joy to think that Jesus came to serve, and not to be served. Perhaps I …

Why Are We Saved By Faith?

… Moreover, faith creates peace and joy; he that hath it rests, and is tranquil, is glad and joyous, and this is a preparation for heaven. God gives all …

Rough, But Friendly

Genesis 42:25

… I think experienced Christians begin to dread their joy and to expect blessings from their sorrows. When things apparently go bad, they know they really go well, and …

Why Should I Weep?

Luke 23:27-31

… death only a fountain of sorrow, since it is also a source of joy. I would deplore that idolatrous emotion which weeps before a hideous image, or mourns …

The Principal Wheat

Isaiah 28:25

… If there were no hereafter, yet still, for comfort and for joy, give me the life of one that lives like Christ, or strives to do so! There …

What Jesus Would Do

Matthew 23:37

… are long at the longest and you shall know what true joy means—emphatic joy—"the joy of the Lord," "the peace of God which passes all understanding …

Comfort for the Desponding

Job 29:2

… Though many of his people live in almost constant joy, and find that religion’s ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace, yet there …

The Big Gates Wide Open

John 6:37

… There shall seem to be joy everywhere when there is joy in your heart. When you receive Christ, you have put everything around you into its true position …

The Master

John 11:28

… There are no dreary glens of melancholy which His feet have not trod, nor lofty peaks of joy which He has not scaled. Wondrous was the joy, as …

Spring

Isaiah 61:11

… There is an intimate intermarriage and commingling of the dark and of the bright, the chill and the warm—all from this has come forth the joy of …

The Best Cloak

Isaiah 59:17

… As well a chariot without its steeds, a sun without its beams, a Heaven without its joy—as a man of God without zeal. Taking the text and …

The Sweet Harp of Consolation

Isaiah 41:10

… Yet, at the same time, lifted up till the exceeding weight of Glory became too great a joy, too overwhelming for flesh and blood! Ah, then, in such …

Good Works In Good Company

Solomon 7:11-13

… This morning I hope we feel new life, new joy, new gratitude—we wish to make new resolves and carry them out by new labors. Our heart goes …

The Christian's Motto

John 8:29

… The Father has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but had rather that he should turn unto Him and live, but there is joy in the …

Fallen Angels a Lesson To Fallen Men

2 Peter 2:4

… Oh, what a change, dear friends, from the joy they once knew, when they were the servants of God, to being cast down to hell in chains of …

Bringing the King Back

2 Samuel 19:10

… May I but win a throne for Jesus in any one heart, and my joy shall be full! I. First, my Brothers and Sisters, MANY AMONG US HAVE …

Grieve Not the Holy Spirit

Ephesians 4:30

… Make room for him, poor fellow, he has a hard time of it on Sundays." Then the notion goes abroad that Christians have no joy in Christ! That …

Christ's Yoke and Burden

Matthew 11:30

… There are some, even among real Christians, who do not yet know the joy of service for the Savior because they have not been long enough bound apprentice …

Peace By Believing

Romans 5:1

… When a man can say he has peace with God—what then? Why, the first effect is JOY. Who can be at peace with God, and have Him …

The Sin-Offering for the Common People

Leviticus 4:27-31

… It gives me unspeakable joy to read these words, "If any one of the common people sin," for which one of the common people does not sin? The …

Nathanael And The Fig Tree

John 1:45-51

… While to this day thousands reject the Gospel, there are others who receive the Word with joy. These differences we ascribe to God's prevenient Grace. We believe …

Means for Restoring the Banished

2Samuel 14:14

… And here is the joy of the Believer—all that he had lost by sin is restored to him by Christ's death! This world is his and …

First Things First

… Many of us find our greatest joy in the cultivation of that feeling, for it is to us the token of our spiritual nature and the prophecy of …

Self Low, But Christ High

Matthew 8:8

… If Christ had come to the man's house there would have been great joy in it—but he did not ask for that joy. Some will not …

Saving Knowledge

John 4:10

… You will find this one great joy fills your spirit to the brim and overflows so that there is an exceeding and eternal weight of glory too great …

Psalm 54

Psalm 54

… He saw enemies everywhere, and now to his joy as he looks upon the band of his defenders he sees one whose aid is better than all the …

Is It Nothing To You?

Lamentations 1:12

… Beautiful for situation, yet terrible for desolation! Joy of the whole earth and yet the queen of sorrow! How utterly were you spoiled! Had grape-gatherers gathered the …

The Power of Christ Illustrated by the Resurrection

Philippians 3:20

… Does your wonder grow? does not your faith accept with joy the marvel, and yet feel it to be a marvel none the less? Son of man, I …

God's Law in Man's Heart

Hebrews 8:10

… O Sin, Sin, I have had enough of you! You did never bring me more than a moment's seeming joy and with it there came a deep …

A Cure For Unsavory Meats—or, Salt for the White of an Egg

Job 6:6

… No joy remained to make existence worth the having. He was like one who finds no flavor in his food and loathes the morsel which he swallows. That …

"Behold the Lamb of God"

John 1:29

… And now John ends the wordy duel by pointing to One whose Presence was joy to his heart! There stands the Savior and John stops his argument and …

Loving Persuasion

Acts 28:23

… I feel but little joy, even in these jubilee times, when I think about those of you who are so near to the Kingdom of God and yet …

Christians, and Their Communion With God

Isaiah 26:8

… This is a joy which belongs to all Believers when they enter into the secret place of the Most High and abide under the shadow of the Almighty …

Shut In Or Shut Out

Genesis 7:16

… My heart trembles as I think of this matter! There is a joy in being shut in with the saints, but a great grief in knowing that many …

"My Times Are In Your Hand"

Psalm 31:15

… Things happen as He plans them, but He Himself is there to make them happen, to moderate, guide and secure results! Our great joy is not, "My times …

Christ—Perfect Through Sufferings

Hebrews 2:10

… But they say "I do not feel enough;" or else "I have been such a sinner;" or else "I cannot feel the joy I want;" or else "I …

The Death of Christ

Isaiah 53:10

… we shall but dart our eyes to that place which is the focus of heaven’s joy and delight, the cross of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ …

The Need and Nature of Conversion

Isaiah 55:7

… For instance, there was no rejoicing over the lost sheep while it was still wandering away from the fold—the joy began when that lost sheep was foundand …

The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity

Job 27:10

… The living soul prays evermore with groanings that cannot be uttered, and believingly rejoices evermore with joy unspeakable and full of glory. A second point in debate is …

Supposing Him to be the Gardener

John 20:15

… One of the duties of a Christian is joy. That is a blessed religion which among its precepts commands men to be happy. When joy becomes a duty …