“Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”1 – C.S. Lewis
“Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God.” – Sam Storms
“If you have no joy, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.” – Billy Sunday
“The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.” – Francis Chan
“Those who know where the treasure lies joyfully abandon everything else to secure it.” – D. A. Carson
“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
“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.” – A. B. Simpson
“When our lives are filled with peace, faith and joy, people will want to know what we have.” – David Jeremiah
“The Lord gives his people perpetual joy when they walk in obedience to him.” – Dwight L. Moody
“No one can get Joy by merely asking for it. It is one of the ripest fruits of the Christian life, and, like all fruits, must be grown.” – Henry Drummond
“After grief for sin there should be joy for forgiveness.” – A. W. Pink
“Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.” – Matthew Henry
“There is no joy in the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ.” – William Barclay
“There is no greater joy in the Christian life than to trust Him and need no explanation.” – Jack Hyles
“Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows all through persecution and opposition.” – Dwight L. Moody
“Joy has nothing to do with material things, or with a man’s outward circumstance … a man living in the lap of luxury can be wretched, and a man in the depths of poverty can overflow with joy.” – William Barclay
“I call the New Testament the Book of Joy. There is nowhere in the world another book that is pervaded with such a spirit of exhilaration.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Most of those who fail to experience the joy of the Lord have refused to take up a cross!” – Walter J. Chantry
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