JOY
BREAD
22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-25 (NIV)
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-25 (NIV)
10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks,
and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord.
Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD
is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 (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)
11 Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the
upright in heart. 12 Rejoice
in the LORD, you who are
righteous, and praise his holy name.
Psalm 97:11-12 (NIV)
6 Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him
glad with the joy of your presence. Psalm 21:6 (NIV)
9 “As
the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as
I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy
may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” John 15:9-11 (NIV)
24 Until now you have not asked
for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be
complete. John 16:24 (NIV)
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again:
Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be
evident to all. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:4-5 (NIV)
12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer. Romans
12:12 (NIV)
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. Psalm 16:11 (NIV)
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of
the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Seeking
with faith, hope, and love pleases our Lord; and finding Him pleases the soul,
filling it full of joy.” Julian of Norwich
“The
best way to show my gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems,
with joy.” Mother
Teresa
“If there is joy in the world, surely
the man of pure heart possesses it.” Thomas
a Kempis
“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
“They that deny
themselves for Christ shall enjoy themselves in Christ.” John
Mason
“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 revealed 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
“The
surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.” Samuel Shoemaker
“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
“Hard
work is a thrill and a joy when you are in the will of God.” Robert
A. Cook
“O love
that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee. I give Thee back the life I owe, that in
Thine ocean depths its flow, may richer fuller be. O light that followest all my way, I yield my
flickering torch to Thee. My heart
restores its borrowed ray, that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day, may brighter
fairer be. O joy that seekest me through
pain, I cannot close my heart to Thee. I
trace the rainbow through the rain, and feel the promise is not vain, that morn
shall tearless be. O cross that liftest
up my head, I dare not ask to fly from Thee.
I lay in dust life’s glory dead, and from the ground there blossoms red,
life that shall endless be.” George
Matheson
“Solid joys and lasting treasure none but Zion’s children
know.”
John Newton
“Peace is not found when you get into perfect circumstances. Peace is
found because Jesus Christ, the Price of Peace, has gotten into you. Joy is the
perfect partner to peace and is found in the same way as peace. Joy is never found in what you have or what you do, but in
who you have living in you.”
Roy
Lessin
“Blessed are the single-hearted; for they shall enjoy much
peace.”
Thomas a Kempis
“When faith has
the upper hand in my heart I am satisfied with Christ and His promises. This is what Jesus meant when He said, ‘He
who believed in Me shall never thirst’ (John 6:35). When my thirst for joy and meaning and
passion are satisfied by the presence and promises of Christ, the power of sin
is broken. We do not yield to the offer
of sandwich meat when we can smell steak sizzling on the grill. The fight of faith against lust is the fight
to stay satisfied with God.” John Piper
HEART SAVOR
·
Joy is the second Fruit of the Spirit and is to be
evidenced in the child of the King.
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Joy comes from having Jesus in the heart.
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The joy of the Lord is our strength.
