Joy

Women's Rights—a Parable

Numbers 17:5

… Jesus Christ is ready to receive sinners! He is ready to receive you! And if you trust Him, the joy and bliss which your friends now partake of …

Sowing and Reaping

Galatians 6:7

… Secondly, "joy." Christians ought to exhibit a joyful cheerfulness, so that all around might see how happy they are. Thirdly, "peace"—the opposite of variance. Fourthly, "long-suffering …

Abraham's Double Blessing

Genesis 12:2

… And I did hear him preach, greatly to my comfort and joy. You know that he wrote that book, The Anxious Enquirer, which has been the means of …

The Judgment Seat Of God

Romans 14:10-12

… able to present you faultless before the Presence of His glory with great joy." Not a single person shall escape the Judgment! There shall be no omission from …

Revelation and Conversion

Psalm 19:7

… Oftentimes has your heart leaped for joy when the statutes of the Lord have been made known to you. 8-11. The commandment of the LORD is pure …

The Covenant Promise of the Spirit

Ezekiel 36:27

… God grant us to know His still small voice so as to listen to it with reverent humility and loving joy—then shall we know the meaning of …

Mocked of the Soldiers

Matthew 27:29

… He is a fine master, and a glorious one to serve, and his service is joy and delight. Now all of you who are serving him, say, 'Amen …

The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Spirit

Proverbs 18:14

… I answer, first, if you are happy in the Lord and full of joy and confidence, avoid a wounded spirit by never offending your conscience. Labor with all …

Counting the Cost

Luke 14:28-30

… He rejoiced over one sinner that repented, but 10,000 sinners who merely professed to have repented would have given Him no joy whatever. His heart longed after …

A Sincere Summary—and a Searching Scrutiny

Psalm 119:168

… I am a servant, too—'Your servant.' It is my joy, it is my glory to be Your servant. Now, Lord, because I am Your servant, seek me …

The Philosophy of Promise

Isaiah 42:9

… It is the joy of my heart to see so many assemble to pray, though some of you do not come as I wish you did. You do …

The Red Heifer

Hebrews 9:13

… Beneath the sky there is no joy like that of communion with God—it is incomparable and inexpressible and, therefore, when we lose the Presence of God, even …

The Unrivalled Eloquence Of Jesus

John 7:46

… It gave us healing, consolation, joy. Beloved, cannot you look back to many instances when you had no food for your soul but the promise—when your soul …

Sarah and Her Daughters

Isaiah 51:2

… death she rested in the same tomb—in Heaven she has the same joy! In the Book of the Lord she has the same record! Next, notice that …

God, the Children's Teacher

Psalm 71:17

… looks very beautiful, but inside there is a worm." Now, in all the joy that this world ever gives to us there is a worm! The only apples …

A New Leaf for the New Year

Genesis 42:21

… He expected to see the lad begin jumping for joy, but, instead of that, the boy stood weeping and his father said to him, "Well, Benny, my boy …

Fragrant Graces

Songs 1:12

… Why, I have had more joy in my Lord and Master in the space of the ticking of a clock than could be crammed into a lifetime of …

A Procession of Cross-bearers

Mark 10:21

… And count it all joy when you can endure this cross for the name of Jesus Christ. III. Now, for a few minutes I want to answer the …

My Hourly Prayer

Psalm 119:117

… His joy is that we walk with Him in constant holiness and He is ready to grant us this gift. This prayer shows in David a great sense …

The Dawn of Revival, or Prayer Speedily Answered

… your time? By-and-by He will comfortably appear, to your soul's joy, and make you put away your sackcloth and ashes of long waiting, and put …

A Page From a Royal Diary

Psalm 119:132

… you as one of them," I would have been ready to dance for joy! And I do not run back, today, from the solemn conviction that if He …

Preceding Grace

Galatians 1:15

… He may lead you at once into joy and peace, as Nathanael, who said as soon as he saw Christ, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… people? I will melt them, and try them." Some Christians go from joy to joy. Their path, like that of the light, shines more and more unto the …

Questions of the Day and THE Question of the Day

Matthew 22:42

… Do I address any Brother or Sister here who is already saved, but who possesses a scant measure of joy? Dear Brother or Sister, I should not wonder …

The Rule of Grace

Luke 4:27

… I believe that there is often a greater, fuller, deeper joy in being quiet than there is in making a noise. There are times when it is good …

The Sunday School and the Scriptures

2 Timothy 3:15

… Thus Timothy became above all others a choice companion for Paul, one upon whom Paul looked with love and remembered with joy. Companions for Apostles are only to …

Those Who Desire

Nehemiah 1:11

… May we be of those to whom it is a pleasure and a joy to be the soldiers of the Cross, the followers of the Lamb—to whom …

The Seed by the Wayside

Luke 8:5

… And then may He sow you with His own Good Seed, that you may bring forth fruit to life eternal, having in this life joy, peace, restfulness, usefulness …

Refusing to Be Comforted

Psalm 77:2

… I used to love to hear Pastor's voice, once, and I have laughed for very joy while hearing it. But now I do not want to listen …

Divine Forgiveness Admired and Imitated

Colossians 3:13

… has worked a special work and you possess, within your souls, the special joy of living in the love of God! "Elect of God, holy and beloved"—it …

From Death To Life

1 Samuel 2:6

… But when you slay him and drive him from you, then it is that your joy and your hope begin. No more, then, concerning this death—"The Lord …

Harvest Past, Summer Ended and Men Unsaved

Jeremiah 8:20

… summer which amid all its flowers yields us no perfume of peace or joy! On the other hand, my Brothers and Sisters, how blessed to feel that the …

General And Yet Particular

John 17:2

… God would have this world a place of beauty and a joy forever! But crystals sparkle in the polar regions where there is not even a bear to …

An Exhortation By Rev. C.H. Spurgeon

2 Samuel 11:1

… Dear Friends, far from depreciating the full assurance of faith, we know that it is our strength and our joy. But there is a temptation connected with it …

Knowing and Doing

2 Corinthians 8:9

… He thought long ago about what He would do for you and it was a great joy to Him to think of it. Now think what you can …

Mistrust of God Deplored and Denounced

Numbers 14:11

… He has answered the prayers of some of us in a way that has drowned our eyes with tears of joy! He has made us laugh like Sarah …

Consider Before You Fight

Luke 14:31

… for a time while His people went through and when afterwards, with eager joy, the floods clasped their hands and buried His enemies in the deep, never to …

Resurgam

1 Corinthians 15:35-38

… will show thee the house which I have built for thee.” O what joy, when that inhabitant shall enter and find it so well adapted to his wants …

The Secret Spot

Deuteronomy 32:5

… children—for doubtless there have been thousands who have received the Word with joy, as our Savior tells us—who are like the seed sown on stony ground …

Full Redemption

Exodus 10:26

… What a joy it is to the Christian to believe that he shall one day be perfect. As we have worn the image of the earthy, so shall …