If you have no joy, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.
– Billy Sunday –
Joy & Happiness
Holy or Happy? – Charles Spurgeon
I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to sorrow and yet to be pure, I would choose the sorrow if I might win the purity, for to be free from the power of sin, to be made to love holiness, is true happiness.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Joy is Balm and Healing – AB Simpson
Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.
– AB Simpson –
Better With God – Charles Spurgeon
Better be one day with God than a thousand years without him.
– Charles Spurgeon –
There is no more joy than fellowship with Christ – Charles Spurgeon
Nothing gives the believer as much joy as fellowship with Christ.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Service of Christ is to be Delightful – Dwight L. Moody
He came to deliver us from our sinful dispositions, and create in us pure hearts, and when we have Him with us it will not be hard for us. Then the service of Christ will be delightful.
– Dwight L. Moody –
My Goal is God – Leonard Ravenhill
My goal is God Himself. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but Himself.
– Leonard Ravenhill –
3 Effects of Nearness to Jesus – Charles Spurgeon
There will be three effects of nearness to Jesus—humility, happiness, and holiness. May God give them to you, Christian!
– Charles Spurgeon –
One Hour with God – David Brainerd
Oh! One hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.
– David Brainerd –