Throughout the Bible, we are commanded to rejoice or live with joy. In fact, in the book of Philippians Paul mentions “Joy” or “Rejoice” sixteen times., e. Rejoice in the Lord. Again, I say Rejoice in the Lord. (Philippians 4:4)
Many Christians want to rejoice but, they say problems prevent them from doing so.
However, the bible is clear that rejoicing in the Lord is an attitude of contentment that overrides your problems. I have learned to be content. (Philippians 4:11)
I pray that these 91 thought-provoking joy quotes inspire you to be content, despite your problems, and help you rejoice, despite those problems.
“Happiness is driven by your circumstances. Joy is experiencing peace and contentment day in and day out, regardless of your circumstances.”
Todd Phillips
“I find joy in every day, not because life is always good, but because God is.”
Rick Warren
“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.”
W. Pink
“Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life.”
Alexander MacLaren
“You may be lonely, poor, and cold, neglected by the children, forgotten by your friends, yet may have the glad Christmas joy in your heart as Paul had, shut up in prison cells at Rome!”
John R. Rice
“There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.“
Augustine
“There is no virtue in the Christian life which is not made radiant with joy; there is no circumstance and no occasion which is not illuminated with joy. A joyless life is not a Christian life, for joy is one constant recipe for Christian living.”
William Barclay
“The most profound evidence of the existence of Jesus is the joy in the lives of his followers.”
Ken Pierpoint
“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”
Pierre Telihard de Chardin
“A joyful heart is good medicine.”
Proverbs 17:22
“Joy is a contentment based on the assurance that God is in control of every circumstance in our life, and that he works every circumstance for your good.”
Vernon L. Williams
“I choose joy…I refuse to see any problem as anything other than an opportunity to see God.”
Max Lucado
“When our lives are filled with peace, faith and joy, people will want to know what we have.”
David Jeremiah
“Joy is strength. “
Mother Teresa
“If you have no joy, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.”
Billy Sunday
“Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its springs deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. He had joy, singing its music within, even under the shadow of the cross.”
S.D. Gordon
“It is His joy that remains in us that makes our joyful.”
B. Simpson
“Joy is not necessarily the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God.”
Sam Storms
“Happiness is untested delight. Joy is delight tested.”
Jack Hyles
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.”
Galatians 5:22
“God has a plan for me and I’m going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.”
Gabby Douglas
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.”
Henri J.M. Nouwen
“Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.”
2 Corinthians 6:10
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
Romans 15:13
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
Romans 12:12
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.”
Philippians 4:4
“Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.”
John 16:24
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Psalm 16:11
“So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.”
John 16:22
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 14:17
“For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
Psalm 30:5
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”
John 15:11
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
Psalm 118:24
“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,”
1 Peter 1:8
“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”
James 1:2-4
“The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.”
Proverbs 10:28
“But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.”
Psalm 5:11
“My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.”
Psalm 71:23
“Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Luke 15:10
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.”
Romans 12:15
“Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.”
Psalm 16:9
“Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:2
“Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.”
1 Chronicles 16:27
“Rejoice always.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16
“Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.”
Ecclesiastes 9:7
“And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the Lord.”
Psalm 27:6
“When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.”
Psalm 94:19
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17
“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”
Isaiah 55:12
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.”
Psalm 28:7
“Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!”
Psalm 32:11
“Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!”
Psalm 126:5
“Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
Luke 15:7
“Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.”
Psalm 51:12
“For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.”
Psalm 33:21
“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 Thessalonians 1:6
“I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.”
2 Corinthians 7:4
“But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.”
1 Peter 4:13
“And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.”
1 John 1:4
“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!”
Psalm 100:1
“Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.”
Psalm 119:111
“Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!”
Psalm 47:1
“For you are our glory and joy.”
1 Thessalonians 2:20
“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”
Isaiah 61:10
“The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;”
Psalm 19:8
“The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.”
Proverbs 23:24
“But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.”
John 17:13
“May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,”
Colossians 1:11
“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.”
Habakkuk 3:17-18
“Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.”
Jeremiah 15:16
“Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.”
Psalm 97:11
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.”
Matthew 25:21
“So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.”
Philippians 2:1-2
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”
3 John 1:4
“And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,”
Luke 1:47
“And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.”
Luke 2:10
“More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”
Romans 5:11
“As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.”
2 Corinthians 6:10
“Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.”
Psalm 126:2-3
“For you make him most blessed forever; you make him glad with the joy of your presence.”
Psalm 21:6
“With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.”
Isaiah 12:3
“He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.”
Psalm 126:6
“May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!”
Psalm 70:4
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.”
Richard Wagner
“The healthiest response to life is joy.”
Mark Twain
“It’s not joy that makes us grateful. It is gratitude that makes us joyful.”
David Stendl-Rast
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“We can choose to live in joy.”
Joseph Campbell
“A joyful life is made up of joyful moments strung together.”
Brene Brown
“The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.”
Russell M. Nelson
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