Quotes About Joy

God is too gracious to ask you to do something you hate.

The museum wall that contains the framed words of the Twenty-third Psalm, the Lord's Prayer, and John 3:16 should also display Philippians 4:4–8:

13I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Begin with God. Celebrate God's goodness. "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!" (Phil. 4:4).

Jesus was robustly thankful.

But God dances amidst the common.

Cuando invitamos a Dios a nuestro mundo, él entra. Nos ofrece una multitud de regalos: gozo, paciencia, fortaleza. Las ansiedades llegan, pero no se quedan. Los temores se asoman, pero luego se van. Los pesares aterrizan en el parabrisas, pero luego viene el limpiaparabrisas de la oración. El diablo todavía me presenta rocas de culpa, pero me volteo y se las entrego a Cristo. Estoy

Death, failure, betrayal, sickness, disappointment—they cannot take our joy, because they cannot take our Jesus.

greater than its cost. Go to the effort. Invest the time. Write the letter. Make the apology. Take the trip. Purchase the gift. Do it. The seized opportunity renders joy. The neglected brings regret.

Since no one can take our Christ, no one can take our joy.

It doesn't matter how nice the convalescent home is; nurses and old folks don't replace a grandbaby's smile or a son's kiss.

God uses Satan's temptation to strengthen us. Times of testing are actually times of training, purification, and strength building. You can even "consider it pure joy . . . whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance" (James 1:2–3 NIV).

Legalism leaches joy.

Jesus was happy and wants us to be the same.

When the angels announced the arrival of the Messiah, they proclaimed "good news of a great joy" (Luke 2:10 RSV), not "bad news of a great duty.

Who could be relied on to be the life of the party more than the one who came to give life with joy and abundance?

We love earthly things that rust and break. God loves heavenly things that last forever. We are overjoyed by our victories. He is overjoyed by our confessions.

La Biblia tiene una idea mejor. En lugar de buscar control absoluto, renuncia a él. No puedes controlar el mundo, pero sí puedes confiárselo a Dios. Este es el mensaje detrás del consejo de Pablo de «[ alegrarse] siempre en el Señor». La paz está al alcance, no por falta de problemas, sino debido a la presencia de un Señor soberano.

And who are we? We are the branches. We bear fruit: "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness" (Gal. 5:22 NASB). We meditate on what is "true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable . . . excellent and worthy of praise" (Phil. 4:8 NLT). Our gentleness is evident to all. We bask in the "peace of God, which transcends all understanding" (Phil. 4:7 NIV).

I prayed for vitality and joy. Both returned.

So you've made your Christmas list? Checked it twice? Before we get too carried away dreaming about the CD or Xbox game we've just got to have, let's be thankful for the One gift we already have—the best gift of all.

Sunsets steal our breath. Caribbean blue stills our hearts. Newborn babies stir our tears. But take all these away—strip away the sunsets, oceans, and cooing babies—and leave us in the Sahara, and we still have reason to dance in the sand. Why? Because God is with us.

Cuando usted rinde el máximo haciendo lo que mejor sabe hacer, pone una sonrisa en el rostro del Señor.

I never met a teddy I didn't like.