Quotes About Joy

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear; It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.

May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.

I have a great family, I live an amazing life.

The number one joy indicator, the one thing that will predict whether someone feels joy in their life or not, is the practice of gratitude.

The things that people were the most grateful for were the ordinary things in life. The sound of your spouse's laugh, the smell of morning coffee, the echo of children playing in the yard. The little things. In waiting for the big moments—the vacations, the retirements, the birthdays—we risk missing the experiences of life most worthy of celebrating.

We choose to vibrantly go about life, soak it up, embrace it, and celebrate it, or we choose not to. No one else can make this decision for us.

I skip for that all-over body tickle.

What makes a man's 80 year-old Irish uncle skip like a little boy? "Me Father is very fond of me!

How I long for a little ordinary human enthusiasm. Just enthusiasm- that's all. I want to hear a warm, thrilling voice cry out Hallelujah! I'm alive! I've an idea. Why don't we have a little game? Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive. Just for a while. What do you say? Let's pretend we're human." ? John Osborne, Look Back in Anger

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.

A little over a year has passed since my old life ended, since I died and was reborn. The shadows remain, but only to give contrast to the light. I am no longer a distaff impersonation of someone else. I'm me--more that I have ever been. My life is my own. I embrace it, and the light, with a deep, continuing joy.

No men can be lords of our faith, though they may be helpers of our joy.

Unless men see a beauty and delight in the worship of God, they will not do it willingly.

Be grateful. Not Hateful.

Melayne looked across at Ysane, who was propped up in bed, nursing her new son. Bantry, beaming as proudly as if he had miraculously given birth himself, hovered nervously at the far side of the bed.

Become less suspicious of joy.

My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one life. That's all. You were made for God. Don't waste it.

The key to Christian living is a thirst and hunger for God. And one of the main reasons people do not understand or experience the sovereignty of grace and the way it works through the awakening of sovereign joy is that their hunger and thirst for God is so small.

The greatest cause in the world is joyfully rescuing people from hell, meeting their earthly needs, making them glad in God, and doing it with a kind, serious pleasure that makes Christ look like the Treasure he is.

Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope that all the perplexing turns in our lives are going somewhere good. They do not lead off a cliff. In all the setbacks of our lives as believers, God is plotting for our joy.

God is most glorified when you are most satisfied in Him.

Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy.

But to enjoy him we must know him. Seeing is savoring. If he remains a blurry, vague fog, we may be intrigued for a season. But we will not be stunned with joy, as when the fog clears and you find yourself on the brink of some vast precipice.

In all the setbacks of your life as a believer, God is plotting for your joy.