I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
– GK Chesterton –
Joy & Happiness
Lasting and satisfying joy – Walter J. Chantry
The only lasting and fully satisfying joys for any man lie on the other side of a cross.
– Walter J. Chantry –
How true joy is formed – Francis Chan
The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
– Francis Chan –
God’s Irresistible and Irreversible Will – AW Pink
The mere fact itself that God’s will is irresistible and irreversible fills me with fear, but once I realize that God wills only that which is good, my heart is made to rejoice.
– AW Pink –
Encouragement – Chuck Swindoll
Encouragement is awesome. It (can) actually change the course of another person’s day, week, or life.
– Chuck Swindoll –
Are you lacking joy? – Billy Sunday
If you have no joy, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.
– Billy Sunday –
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 –