“They shall be filled.” God never bids us seek Him in vain. “He hath filled the hungry with good things” (Luke 1:53). “He satisfieth the longing soul” (Psalm 107:9). God will not let us lose our longing.
– Thomas Watson –
1620-1686
Joy & Happiness
Jesus Has Become Strength, Song, and Salvation – Charles Spurgeon
Let this one great, gracious, glorious fact lie in your spirit until it permeates all your thoughts and makes you rejoice even though you are without strength. Rejoice that the Lord Jesus has become your strength and your song—He has become your salvation.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Grief and Joy – AW Pink
After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness.
– AW Pink –
The Soul In Any State – John Newton
A soul may be in as thriving a state when thirsting, seeking and mourning after the Lord as when actually rejoicing in Him; as much in earnest when fighting in the valley as when singing upon the mount.
– John Newton –
To God, of God, for God – Augustine
There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee.
– Augustine –
How to Experience Joy – Walter J. Chantry
Most of those who fail to experience the joy of the Lord have refused to take up a cross!
– Walter J. Chantry –
Joy is Found in Self-Abandonment – Elisabeth Elliot
The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. “If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,” Jesus said, “he will find his true self.”
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Joy Has Nothing to do with Material Things – William Barclay
Joy has nothing to do with material things, or with a man’s outward circumstance … a man living in the lap of luxury can be wretched, and a man in the depths of poverty can overflow with joy.
– William Barclay –
Thanksgiving or Thanks-living? – Matthew Henry
Thanksgiving is good but thanks-living is better.
– Matthew Henry –
1662-1714 AD