JOY

Lord, the joy I have with You is unlike anything else. Your joy is pure and never ending. Any happiness I may find in other places is only fleeting, gone before I know it. How blessed I am too know that I will have Your joy with me throughout eternity. Amen.

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

"I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete."

John 15:11

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

Romans 14:17-18

You will go out in joy, and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Isaiah 55:12

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

James 1:2-3

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Romans 12:12-13

God cannot endure that un-festive, mirthless attitude of ours in which we eat our bread in sorrow, with pretentious, busy haste, or even with shame.

Through our daily means He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.

Job 22:26

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.

Psalm 33:21

Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!

Psalm 64:10