Take Joy in the God of Your Salvation
Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the
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Category: Joy
“We Heard of a Lighthouse”
“For Thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.” 2 Samuel 22:29 Am I in the light? Then Thou, O LORD, art my lamp. Take Thee away and my joy would be gone; but as
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Bearing the Fruit of Joy
Joy is a settled state of mind and heart produced by the Holy Spirit, resulting in contentment and hope-filled confidence in God’s trustworthy character and good purposes. It’s a settled state, not a passing feeling, of mind and heart; that
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Psalm 30 reveals David as a man who ultimately triumphs in joy, and through joy. But it was not always that way, all of the time. In his journey from sorrow to joy, we see why the Holy Spirit preserved
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The Power of Counting It All Joy
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in
Continue readingFlashback Friday – 23 Reasons for Joy (from Philippians)
Since I’ve been preaching through Philippians since February, the themes of joy and rejoicing are reoccurring. Here’s a rerun post from 2012, the fruit of spending time there during my daily devotions. The book of Philippians has been my food
Continue reading3 Desires of “Pastor James”
James, the half-brother of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is the author of one of the most commonly read New Testament exhortations to believers concerning trials. Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that
Continue readingLet Your Drooping Hearts Be Glad
God-centered music is a very important part of the way the Holy Spirit ministers to my heart in times of joy and times of sorrow—two emotions that are forever mixed, mingled together in the Christian experience. Of these two mutually-existent
Continue readingChronic Suffering and Christian Hope
This past November, at Desiring God’s The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability conference, Dr. Mark Talbot taught on the subject of God’s sovereignty in our suffering. Mark is associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College, where he
Continue reading23 Reasons to Rejoice (Philippians)
The book of Philippians has been my food for the past month, or so, in response to the encouragement of a faithful brother of mine. Having struggled my whole life with negative thought patterns, which come so easily—without any conscious
Continue readingJoy Is Coming
Joy is supernatural, it comes from God. Joy is dispensed from above before it ever becomes a reservoir within. It was “the joy of the Lord,” Ezra assured the disobedient and discouraged people of God, that would be their strength
Continue readingNuggets – True Joy [11/16/11]
Here’s a few links that help us cultivate a biblical mindset concerning JOY. Do You Know that Morning is Coming? – “That professor stopped talking for a while and looked out the window of the airplane for a good long
Continue reading100% God’s Will
“Rejoice always” (1 Thess. 5:16). The idea of rejoicing at all times runs against the grain of our humanity. Our depravity has trained us to believe that joy is the same as happiness and is dependent upon our circumstances. If
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