Joy

Morning, February 1

Ps 138:5

… So full was my soul of joy, that I wanted to tell every snow-flake that was falling from heaven of the wondrous love of Jesus, who had …

Morning, May 1

Song 5:13

… wilt go at once to thy well-beloved and find all loveliness, all joy in him. That cheek once so rudely smitten with a rod, oft bedewed with …

Morning, May 8

Jn 5:13

… the change when the Lord Jesus speaks the word of power, and gives joy and peace in believing. The evil removed is too great to be removed without …

Morning, June 4

Tit 3:4

… endowing her with all his ancient wealth, our souls may well faint for joy. Who is he that can endure such a weight of love? That partial sense …

Morning, July 16

Ex 16:21

… He can withdraw the joy of thine heart, the light of thine eyes, and the strength of thy life; in his hand thy comforts lie, and at his …

Morning, October 7

Nu 11:11

… Present afflictions tend also to heighten future joy . There must be shades in the picture to bring out the beauty of the lights. Could we be so supremely …

Morning, December 9

Is 30:18

… There may also be something wrong in thee which has need to be removed, before the joy of the Lord is given. Perhaps thy views of the Gospel …

Evening, December 25

Job 1:5

… There is a way of joy as pure and sanctifying as though one bathed in the rivers of Eden: holy gratitude should be quite as purifying an element …

Evening, July 20

Je 2:18

… can give thee; thou hast had fellowship with Christ; thou hast obtained the joy of seeing Jesus, and leaning thine head upon his bosom. Do the trifles, the …

Morning, August 9

Rev 21:23

… hour when God, and not his creatures; the Lord, and not his works, shall be our daily joy! Our souls shall then have attained the perfection of bliss.

"As We Have Heard, So Have We Seen"

Psalm 48:8

… And in the exceptions to this exceeding joy I have seen deep peace exhibited in a calm and deliberate readiness to enter into the presence of their God …

Marvellous Increase.–Facts and Figures

… Yet this is not your fault, or anyone's fault, it is my joy and delight to have it so. The Lord is a good and a gracious …

Evening, March 29

Song 5:6

… thy time? By and by he will comfortably appear, to thy soul’s joy, and make thee put away the sackcloth and ashes of long waiting, and put …

Evening, June 24

Da 3:16,18

… of earthly prosperity, he will discharge his promise in the gold of spiritual joy. Remember that a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of that which …

Morning, August 1

Ru 2:2

… Be not afraid, only believe! Grasp these sweet promises, thresh them out by meditation and feed on them with joy.

Evening, September 25

1Co 1:30

… to the grandly simple reality which makes the ploughboy’s eye flash with joy, and gladens the pious pauper’s heart—“Jesus Christ came into the world to …

Evening, November 15

Ps 68:28

… the master fiend of hell, cannot cast a cloud or shadow over your joy and peace. Why faint when you may be strong? Why suffer defeat when you …

Morning, December 11

1Th 5:24

… Believer, let us often reflect with joy on the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints, and honour the faithfulness of our God by a holy confidence in …

Evening, March 30

La 3:40

… Let us labour to feel what an evil thing this is —little love to our own dying Saviour, little joy in our precious Jesus, little fellowship with the …

Evening, June 4

1Ti 3:16

… Nor is this the close, for eternity shall sound his praise, “Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever!” Reader, if you would joy in Christ’s glory …

Evening, August 1

Ps 65:11

… Great is the joy of harvest. Happy are the reapers who fill their arms with the liberality of heaven. The Psalmist tells us that the harvest is the …

Evening, October 26

Ec 1:7

… Friend of the unchanging Jesus, what a joy it is to reflect upon thy changeless heritage; thy sea of bliss which will be forever full, since God himself …

Turning From Death

Ezekiel 33:11

… You could not go home to your bed with anything like joy if you knew that you were about to lie down upon it, never to rise from …

Evening, October 14

Ro 12:2

… of Christ which passeth knowledge? Would you receive an abundant entrance into the joy of your Lord? Then come ye out from among them, and be ye separate …

Morning, December 3

Song 4:7

… If he had but promised to remove all spots by-and-by, we should have had eternal reason for joy; but when he speaks of it as already …

A Bit of History for Old and Young

Genesis 48:15

… Dear young people, to whom I now speak, your fathers can say, "We have no greater joy than this, that our children walk in the Truth of God …

Evening, June 1

Is 51:3

… O prize exceedingly the matchless power and grace which changes deserts into gardens, and makes the barren heart to sing for joy.

Evening, September 27

Song 5:4

… Wretch that I am, to treat my Lord, my All in All, my exceeding great joy, as though he were a stranger. Jesus, thou forgivest freely, but this …

Morning, April 22

Ac 5:31

… heaven’s courts now , and soon he will come and receive us to himself, to be with him there, to behold his glory, and to share his joy.

Morning, July 3

Ge 41:4

… Why should not every year be richer than the past, in love, and usefulness, and joy?—I am nearer the celestial hills, I have had more experience of …

The Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:26

… Show Christ's death to your wretched and miserable spirit that has been troubled and burdened with the cares of this world and it must leap for joy …

Evening, January 6

Eze 33:22

… At such times we are full to the brim with spiritual joy, and forget the cares and sorrows of earth; the invisible is near, and the visible loses …

Evening, March 10

Job 14:1

… Man’s life is a cask full of bitter wine; he who looks for joy in it had better seek for honey in an ocean of brine. Beloved …

Evening, April 4

Is 2:3

… gather in this valley of earth, and to ascend the mountains of anticipated joy and blessedness. May God the Holy Spirit cut the cords that keep us here …

Evening, June 23

Ro 8:23

… Our very happiness makes us groan after more; our joy, like a swollen spring, longs to well up like an Iceland geyser, leaping to the skies, and it …

Evening, July 4

Ps 24:4

… Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward and portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy. “ Nor sworn …

Evening, October 12

Jn 14:26

… Spirit whose name is “the Comforter.” He delights to give the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Trust thou …

Morning, October 14

Php 3:8

… ever living Saviour, and gird me with the golden girdle of his eternal joy. Come, my soul, sit at Jesus’s feet and learn of him all this …

Evening, January 30

Eph 1:11

… Reach the bottom of Christ’s sea of joy, and then hope to understand the bliss which God hath prepared for them that love him. Overleap the boundaries …

Morning, September 11

2Co 6:17

… are ere long to be filled with heaven, and to overflow with ecstatic joy. Then rise my soul! and soar away, Above the thoughtless crowd; Above the pleasures …