Joy

The First Sermon in the Tabernacle

Acts 5:42

… Christ is preached and we do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice “for he is the power of God unto salvation unto every one that believeth.” Judge not, my …

Number 2500—or, "Entrance and Exclusion"

Matthew 25:10

… the marriage, not as mere spectators of His joy, as friends of the Bridegroom who rejoice exceedingly in His gladness, but we shall go in with Him to …

A Root Out Of A Dry Ground

Isaiah 53:2

… whom God will bring to Himself and make him to be the joy and gladness of your old age! Who are you that you should set up to …

A Bold Challenge Justified

Romans 8:34

… Had the disciples known the whole truth, they might have taken to dancing for joy, but their fears quickened their footsteps! 5. And he, stooping down and looking …

Our Compassionate High Priest

Hebrews 5:2

… But we need a High Priest, in order that we may draw near, who shall be a Man as well as God! We may reflect with joy upon …

A Sermon for the Most Miserable of Men

Psalm 77:2

… There are cold-blooded individuals who neither rejoice with joy unspeakable nor groan with anguish unutterable. But others of a more excitable temperament, capable of lofty delights, are …

Rejecters Of The Gospel Admonished

Isaiah 28:12

… Come, you desponding ones, come back to Jesus, for this is the rest and this is the refreshing! Now note with peculiar joy that Isaiah did not come …

The Rule of Christ

2 Samuel 23:4

… of affliction and trial—but we are taught to rejoice in affliction and to count it all joy when we fall into divers trials. Sometimes there comes the …

Love Abounding, Love Complaining, Love Abiding

Isaiah 43:1-4

… Therefore return unto your God! Return to your first love! Return to all your former joy and rise to a still higher joy! See how our text closes …

Acceptable Service

Hebrews 12:28

… to have arrayed myself in royal apparel and served my Lord with joy and gladness! Some of God's own saints forget what they are and where they …

A Strange Yet Gracious Choice

Psalm 135:4

… Lamb's wife, we read, "He will rejoice over you with joy. He will rest in His love, He will joy over you with singing." Think of God …

The Chariots Of Amminadib

Solomon 6:12

… sometimes—and has not it been so, sometimes, under the Word, when you have been ready to stand up and clap your hands for joy? Have not I …

A Sunday School Sermon

Isaiah 40:11

… Brothers and Sisters, if we are to be like Christ—and I hold the picture up that we may endeavor to copy it— we must not only rejoice …

Jesus The Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… Where are you? Where are you this morning? The Great Shepherd comes after you, and oh, what joy will be in His heart—what joy there will be …

Lessons from the Christ of Patmos

Revelation 1:16

… This is the sun which makes our day and fills us all with joy and gladness! What do we need more than His loving favor? I would to …

"Out of Darkness into Light"

Isaiah 49:9

… Perhaps you think me cruel to thank God for your misery, but I do, for this is the gateway into a joy that will be worth your having …

The Powerful Truth of God

Acts 19:19

… in Jesus will be saved, they will accept the good news with great gladness and will soon be numbered among the disciples of Jesus of Nazareth. God grant …

Life's Need and Maintenance

Psalm 22:29

… my God, and if I am to joy and rejoice, You must anoint me continually with the oil of gladness! Have you not, sometimes, thought in the morning …

The Man Whose Hand Stuck to His Sword

2 Samuel 23:9

… O visit me with Your salvation; that I may see the good of Your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that I may …

The Christian's Great Business

Psalm 51:12-13

… The text is found in a Psalm which is deeply penitential all through, but ends in the joy of forgiven sin. The words before us relate to joy …

The True Tabernacle, and Its Glory of Grace and Peace

John 1:14

… the joy is equal to the solemnity. Glory be unto God most high, for He is here! Let us spend our days and nights in gladness and delight …

Enquiring the Way to Zion

Jeremiah 50:5

… and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart The Psalm began with blessedness and it ends with holy gladness! It was …

Good Cheer From Forgiven Sin

Matthew 9:2

… While Christ was with His people in Person, they could not help having joy and gladness. But when He was gone from them, they must lament His absence …

Solomon's Plea

1 Kings 8:53

… is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over you with singing." It is said …

Profitable Mixture

Hebrews 4:2

… I gladly proclaim perfect redemption, efficacious redemption—I joy to testify that every Believer is justly set free and comes righteously from under the curse of God, since …

The Lifting Up of the Bowed Down

Luke 13:10-13

… rejoice while you may! Eat that which is good and let your soul delight in fatness. Be glad in the Lord, you righteous, and shout for joy all …

The Thorn in the Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:7

… joy? Shall the father's heart never leap at the sight of his offspring? We must and will rejoice, none shall hinder us of this sacred gladness! But …

A Stanza of Deliverance

Psalm 105:37

… become the house of bondage. "He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen with gladness." They set out exultingly, glad to escape from the intolerable oppression …

A Lecture for Little-Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… Oh, ye that are sad in heart, “Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.” Therefore rejoice for ye shall praise him. Say …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… I know that you can do so, by the joy which this Communion gives you, by the sweetness which it leaves upon your spiritual palate when you feed …

'Repentance and Remission'

Luke 24:47

… But oh, it was a joy to me to hear of one far away in Scotland who had been for years desponding and despairing who was led to …

Comfort From the Future

Job 11:16

… they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." That is a very beautiful expression—"Sorrow and sighing shall flee away." Here, they keep …

The Child Of Light Walking In Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… Many Christian people go on year after year in uninterrupted sunshine—and I do not see why we should not all look upon continued joy in the Lord …

Opening Services

… For all the treasure freely brought— For all the toil in gladness worked— For warmth of zeal and purpose strong— Wake we today the thankful song. Lord of …

Intercessory Prayer

Job 42:10

… Let us weep with them that weep, and rejoice with them that rejoice; and as a Church and as private persons, we shall find the Lord will turn …

A Singular But Needful Question

John 5:6

… We all should be glad enough to welcome the return of the primeval gladness of Eden, but that is not the question. It is, should we be willing …

An Old-fashioned Remedy

Psalm 107:20

… gladness and put jewels in your ears and about your neck, and adorn you as a bridegroom decks his bride with ornaments. You little know the great joy …

A Message to the Glad and the Sad

Job 22:29

… When you are very merry, shut not up your mirth within your own soul, but sing Psalms that others may hear your gladness. When God makes you a …

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… See that man! his ambition is to raise his house, and perpetuate his name; see that heir of his—his joy, his life, his fulness of happiness. A …

The Inner Side of Conversion

Jeremiah 31:18-20

… May the Lord Himself have joy of you! May He, concerning you, rest in His love and rejoice over you with singing! O Lord, grant me the joy …