Happy are those Christians who have learned of Jesus to live for others more than for themselves, and who understand that is is “more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35)
– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke, 1858
Joy & Happiness
One thing that exceeds all the pleasures and delights of the world – David Brainerd
Oh! One hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.
– David Brainerd –
The more I gave away … – Hudson Taylor
My experience was that the less I spent on myself and the more I gave away, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become. Unspeakable joy all the day long, and every day was my happy experience.
– Hudson Taylor –
Joy of the Lord – Matthew Henry
The joy of the LORD will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.
– Matthew Henry –
We are far too easily pleased – CS Lewis
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and seek and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot image what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
– CS Lewis –
Joy of the Lord – J. Vernon McGee
May all the joy that the Lord has provided for His own be experienced by you and yours this season and until we see Him face to face.
– J. Vernon McGee –
If sin breaks God’s heart – Unknown
If sin breaks God’s heart, what makes you think it’ll fulfill yours?
– Unknown –
What Makes Happiness – Charles Spurgeon
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes happiness.
– Charles Spurgeon –
from The Complete John Ploughman
Prayer – William Law
Prayer is the nearest approach to God and the highest enjoyment of Him that we are capable of in this life.
– William Law –