BEHOLD THE KING: JOY

choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. (Heb 11:25)

Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. (Ps 37:4)

May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions! (Ps 20:5)

You have set up a banner for those who fear you, that they may flee to it from the bow. Selah. That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer us! (Ps 60:4-5)

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. (John 15:9-11)

Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. (James 4:9)

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, (James 1:2)

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, (1 Thess 1:6)

for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. (2 Cor 8:2)

For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. (Heb 10:34)

In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth (Lk 1:39)

And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, (Lk 1:41)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control… (Gal 5:22-23)

and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” (Lk 1:42-45)

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. (Prov 18:21)

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. (Eph 4:29)

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Ps 16:11)

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. (Phil 4:4)

"It is a Christian duty, as you know, for everyone to be as happy as he can." -C. S. Lewis

“Love God and do what you will “-Augustine

“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him” -Piper

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