Joy

A Last Look-Out

2 Timothy 4:6

… Even had we to die like a dog dieth, it has been worth while to live for the joy and blessedness which God has made to pass before …

Servus Servorum

Luke 22:27

… And our blessed Lord was so full of love to us that nothing seemed a stoop to Him. "For the joy that was set before Him," the joy …

Flesh And Spirit—A Riddle

Psalm 73:22-25

… How different the sorrow of an abject distrust which breaks us in pieces as with a strong east wind, and the joy of a holy confidence which bears …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… To know that you know Christ is a perennial joy, and an unfailing consolation under the heaviest trial. This is a candle that will shine in the dark …

Begin Well

… We must pass through that black tunnel of conviction before we can come out upon the high embankment of holy joy; we must first go through the Slough …

Joshua's Vision

Joshua 6:10-27

… And here, to Joshua's joy, the Angel of the Presence of the Most High appeared to claim the presidency of the war and lead forth the hosts …

Welcome! Welcome!

Luke 9:11

… What a joy to know that this poor child is now beholding the face of our Father who is in Heaven! I am right glad to say that …

The Physician Pardons His Palsied Patient

Matthew 9:2-7

… I cannot say, with Augustine, "Beata culpa! Blessed fault!" but oh, if there is a joy outside of Heaven that is higher than all others, it is the …

Cords and Cart-Ropes

Isaiah 5:18

… Think me not unkind at this time because my message sounds harshly, and has a note in it of sorrow rather than of joy. It may be most …

A Visit to the Harvest Field

James 5:7-8

… So with regard to the comfort, and joy, and ultimate fruit of our faith, we must have our eye upward looking for the coming of the Lord from …

The Tender Grapes

Solomon 2:13

… So here the Bridegroom calls His spouse to share in His joy in these tokens of the heavenly life of the Church of God! Be always on the …

Evidence of the New Life

… grace in your heart; if you love Him, if His presence be your joy, if His blood be your hope, if His glory be your object and aim …

What Are We At?

… you a free gift, which it shall be to your present and eternal joy to receive. Open the door, and let my pleadings enter. "Come now, and let …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… Your joy shall soon be taken from you, and your life also, and what shall you do in the day when the Lord requires your soul?" If there …

May I?

Matthew 9:21

… It will give the Lord Jesus joy to receive you! It is not possible that He should say no to you—it is not in His Nature to …

The Work of Grace the Warrant for Obedience

John 5:11

… Let us learn this lesson, dear Friends, that in the times of our brightest joys we should remember the sorrowful and find a still higher joy in doing …

One War Over and Another Begun

Judges 6:22-24

… When God spoke that word home to His dear servant's heart, a great joy was born within him to prepare him for his great warfare. The Lord …

The Law Written in the Heart

Jeremiah 31:33

… It is a great joy to perceive that from the Person of our Lord, heart-cleansing blood and water flowed so that the provision is equal to the …

Daily Blessings for God's People

Psalm 68:19-20

… It is a mark of sincere thankfulness that it desires others to assist it in the expression of its joy. Blessed be the Lord, this same Psalmist here …

The Dove'S Return To The Ark

Genesis 8:9

… Before we had experienced the sweetness of His love we found joy in sin. We built our nest and we thought in our heart that we should never …

To Die Or Not To Die!

2 Corinthians 5:8

… He should like, he said, to be a sharer of the Church's joy for years to come. Besides, he had those he loved on earth and he …

Psalm 27

Psalm 27

… Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy. That place for which he longed in his conflict, should see his thankful joy in his triumphant return …

The Old, Old Story

Romans 5:6

… in him! There is joy in heaver over one sinner that repenteth, but I hardly think that is greater joy than the joy of the repenting sinner when …

Psalm 103

Psalm 103

… It is a theme for deepest thought and highest joy. The "to everlasting" is equally precious. Jehovah changes not, he has mercy without end as well as without …

Our Lord's Solemn Enquiry

Matthew 27:46

… Yesterday they were full of joy, for the love of God was shed abroad in their hearts, but to-day that sense of love is gone; they droop …

Jesus Asleep on a Pillow

… The iron gate has opened of its own accord, and the prisoner has stepped into immediate freedom. “The snare is broken, and we are escaped.” What a joy …

A Sermon to Ministers and Other Tried Believers

1 Peter 5:7

… Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy. I suppose that Timothy was very tender-hearted and that he …

The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant

Hebrews 13:20

… It is sometimes a subject of great joy to me to think that the covenant of grace is older than the covenant of works. The covenant of works …

An Urgent Necessity

Hosea 10:12

… You know the woman, when the child is born, remembers no more the travail, for joy that a man is born into the world—and, oh, when Christ …

Close

… Those who hope to be saved by trying to do their best know nothing of that glowing fervor, that hallowed warmth, that devout joy in God, which come …

Two Choice Benedictions

Numbers 6:23-27

… The richest, the most celestial, the most transporting joy that mortal mind can know is a full assurance of the love of God! Dear Hearer, do you love …

The Sinner's Friend

Matthew 11:19

… is not this the Christ?” And they came and believed; and there was great joy in that city of Samaria. You know, too, that there was another sinner …

The Sealed Hand—a Winter Sermon

Job 37:7

… Mercy is Yours—Your crown, Your joy! Their hatred quell, their pride remove, But melt with Grace, subdue with love." Some think the text teaches that when God …

The Amen

Revelation 3:14

… When you have thrown yourself flat upon the Rock of Ages and have felt the inward joy and peace which flow from believing in God, you will have …

An Awful Contrast

Matthew 26:67

… Christ's face—in that face which is the light of Heaven, the joy of angels, the bliss of saints and the very brightness of the Father's …

Bands of Love; or, Union to Christ

… Here, then, is established a living, sensible, and delightful union, which casts forth streams of love, confidence, sympathy, complacency, and joy, whereof both the bride and Bridegroom love …

The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:34

… When the people saw him they attended him to his house with joy, and they offered burnt offerings of praise on that day: he being thankful that his …

Psalm 138

Psalm 138

… God's right hand cannot forget its cunning; Jerusalem is his chief joy, and he will defend his own elect. Verse 8. The Lord will perfect that which …

Finding and Following Christ

John 1:45

… I will sing and give praise," that there is the music of deep and lasting joy in the songs that we send up to Heaven! Let me add …

A Voice from the Hartley Colliery

Job 14:14

… If we knew that we must die and not live for ever, our brightest joys would be quenched; and in proportion to the joy we lost would be …