JUBILANT
JOY
BREAD
11 You
have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your
presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Psalms 16:11 (NIV)
3 But
may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
Psalms 68:3 (NIV)
1 Shout for joy to the Lord,
all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord
is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of
his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and
his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the Lord
is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all
generations.
Psalms 100:1-5 (NIV)
“Do
not grieve, for the joy of the Lord
is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10 (NIV)
17 “The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty
to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he
will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV)
10 But
the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy
that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to
you; he is Christ the Lord.”
Luke 2:10-11 (NIV)
16 Be
joyful always; 17 pray
continually; 18 give
thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)
BUTTER
“God delights in
His covenant and so we are sure He will not turn back from it. It is the joy of
His holy heart. He delights to do His people good. To pass over transgression,
iniquity, and sin is the recreation of Jehovah. Did you ever hear God singing?
It is extraordinary that the Divine One would solace Himself with song, yet a
prophet has thus reveal the Lord to us: ‘The Lord thy God in the midst of thee
is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in
his love, he will joy over thee with singing.’ (Zephaniah 3:17). The covenant
is the heart of God written out in the blood of Jesus.” Charles
Spurgeon
“Circumstances do
not have the power to steal your joy.
Joy is the by-product of experiencing God’s sovereign grace even in the
midst of seemingly impossible circumstances.”
Anonymous
“Joy is the most
infallible sign of the presence of God.” Leon Bloy
“The
surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.” Samuel
Shoemaker
“The
soul is so constituted that it craves fulfillment from things outside itself
and will embrace earthly joys for satisfaction when it cannot reach spiritual
ones… The believer is in spiritual danger if he allows himself to go for any
length of time without tasting the love of Christ and savoring the felt
comforts of a Savior’s presence. When Christ ceases to fill the heart with
satisfaction, our souls will go in silent search of other lovers… By the
enjoyment of the love of Christ in the heart of a believer, we mean an
experience of the “love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given to us” (Rom. 5:5)… because the Lord has made himself accessible
to us in the means of grace, it is our duty and privilege to seek this
experience from Him in these means till we are made the joyful partakers of
it.” John
Flavel
HEART
SAVOR
- · With Jesus there is fullness of joy.
- · True joy is not found in circumstances rather it is the manifestation of the fruit of the Holy Spirit indwelling God’s people.
- · Jesus makes the heart exceedingly glad. He satisfies me with joy.
