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54 Empowering Quotes to Help You Conquer Your Fears

Vernon L Williams — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:37:08 +0000

In times of uncertainty, fear can begin to creep in. My prayer is that these quotes will inspire you to keep fear away:

“Faith and fear are opposite poles. If a man has one, he can scarcely have the other. He who has faith in God does not need to dread anything except the weakening of his faith.”

Alexander MacLaren

“Our lives are full of “supposes” – suppose this happens or suppose that happens what could we do, or how could we bear it? But, if we are living in the high tower of God’s dwelling place, all these “supposes” will drop out of our lives. We shall be quiet from the fear of evil, for no threats of evil can penetrate the high tower of God.”

Hannah Whitall Smith

“The only known antidote to fear is faith.”

Woodroll Kroll

“Feed your fears and your faith will starve, feed your faith and your fears will starve.”

Max Lucado

“The presence of hope in the invincible sovereignty of God drives out fear.”

John Piper

“How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer’s ear. It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, and drives away fear.”

John Newton

“I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”

Thomas Merton

“If the Lord be with us we have no cause to fear. His eye is above us, his arm over us, his ear open to our prayer – his grace sufficient, his promises unchangeable.”

John Newton

“Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. No one was there.”

English Proverb

“Don’t be afraid of tomorrow. God is already there.”

Katherine Walden

“Courage is fear that has said its prayers.”

Karl Barth

“Do not fear circumstances. They cannot hurt us, if we hold fast to God and use them as the voices and ministries of his will. Trust him about everyone and everything, for all times and all needs.”

Anthony W. Thorold

“If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet, distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.”

Robert Murrary M’Cheyne

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

Bertrand Russell

“Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.”

Karl Augustus Menninger

“Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.”

James F. Byrnes

“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.”

Rudyard Kipling

“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.”

James Stephens

“Ignorance is the parent of fear.”

Herman Melville

“Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real.”

Zig Ziglar

“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.”

William Allen White

“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”

Seneca

“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.”’

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

Dale Carnegie

“The key to change… is to let go of fear.”

Roseanne Cash

“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.”

Babe Ruth

“Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.”

Japanese Proverb

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.”

Henry Ford

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.”

W. Clement Stone

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”

Jack Canfield

“To overcome fear, here’s all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.”

Peter McWilliams

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

Marcus Aurelius

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

Rosa Parks

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

Anais Nin

“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”

Aristotle

“Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.”

Dale Carnegie

“Fear is the enemy of logic.”

Frank Sinatra

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

Joseph Campbell

“Fear is 100% dependent on you for its survival.”

Steve Maraboli

“You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. Remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.”

Dale Carnegie

“No passion so effectively robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.”

Edmund Burke

“Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.”

Mark Twain

“Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.”

Louis E. Boone

“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.”

Jack Canfield

“Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.”

Jackson Browne

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

Nelson Mandela

“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”

Andre Gide

“The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.”

Lady Bird Johnson

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

Plato

“Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.”

Shirley Maclaine

“In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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34 Inspiring Gratitude Quotes to Increase Your Happiness

Vernon L Williams — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:40:00 +0000

Research shows that gratitude is strongly associated with greater happiness. Gratitude helps you feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.

Be inspired by these quotes:

“Gratitude lifts our eyes off things we lack so that we might see the things we possess.”

Max Lucado

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole world turned around.”

Willie Nelson

“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”

Karl Barth

“Gratitude is one of the most medicinal emotions we can feel. It elevates our mood and fills us with joy.”

Louise Armstrong

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a gift and not giving it.”

William Arthur Ward

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”

Melody Beattie

“The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perspective to such an extent that it changes the world that you see.“

Dr. Robert Holden

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.”

Psalm 107:1 (NIV)

“God says give thanks in everything. That doesn’t mean you need to give thanks FOR everything. You don’t need to give thanks FOR that bad day. Or FOR that bad relationship. Or being passed over at work. Financial hardship. Whatever it is – you are not to give thanks FOR the difficulties, but rather IN the difficulties. That is a very important distinction, and one I think we often miss. Giving thanks IN everything shows a heart of faith that God is bigger than the difficulties and that He can use them, if you approach Him with the right heart and spirit, for your good and His glory.”

Tony Evans

“We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal.”

J.I. Packer

“No matter what our circumstances, we can find a reason to be thankful.”

Dr. David Jeremiah

“There are three requisites to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings: a thankful reflection, on the goodness of the giver; a deep sense of our own unworthiness; and a recollection of the uncertainty of our long possessing them. The first will make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate.”

Hannah More

“If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace.”

Max Lucado

“It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“God is in control, and therefore in EVERYTHING I can give thanks – not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it.”

Kay Arthur

“A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.”

John Bunyan

“In happy moments, PRAISE GOD. In difficult moments, SEEK GOD. In quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. In painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD.”

Rick Warren

“A thankful heart is one of the primary identifying characteristics of a believer. It stands in stark contrast to pride, selfishness, and worry. And it helps fortify the believer’s trust in the Lord and reliance of His provision, even in the toughest times. No matter how choppy the seas become, a believer’s heart is buoyed by constant praise and gratefulness to the Lord.”

John MacArthur

“We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.”

C.S. Lewis

“Be thankful. God has commanded it—for our good and for His glory. God’s command to be thankful is not the threatening demand of a tyrant. Rather, it is the invitation of a lifetime—the opportunity to draw near to Him at any moment of the day.”

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

“Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.”

A.W. Tozer

“Genuine thankfulness is an act of the heart’s affections, not an act of the lips’ muscles.”

John Piper

“Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.”

Andrew Murray

“It’s one thing to be grateful. It’s another to give thanks. Gratitude is what you feel. Thanksgiving is what you do.”

Tim Keller

“When we choose thankful prayer over wallowing in anxiety and worry, we are demonstrating an unwavering trust in God.”

Priscilla Shirer

“A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.”

Billy Graham

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”

G.K. Chesterton

“’Gratitude’ comes from the same word as freedom (gratis = free). Gratitude is the freeing expression of a free heart toward one who freely gave.”

Ravi Zacharias

“Gratitude produces deep, abiding joy because we know that God is working in us, even through difficulties.”

Charles Stanley

“Jonathan Edwards calls the deeper, primary form of thankfulness ‘gracious gratitude.’ It gives thanks not for goods received, but for who God is: for His character — His goodness, love, power, excellencies – regardless of favors received. And it’s real evidence of the Holy Spirit working in a person’s life.”

Chuck Colson

“Gratitude is a decision of the will, and if a decision of the will, the choice resides squarely with us. Deciding to be thankful is no easy task. It takes work.”

Chuck Swindoll

“To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him.”

Thomas Merton

“I’m just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that’s the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective.”

Tim Tebow

“If there was ever a secret for unleashing God’s powerful peace in a situation, it’s developing a heart of true thanksgiving.”

Lysa Terkeurst

You can practice gratitude any number of ways:

- - Journaling.
  - Praying.
  - Paying attention to the little things in life, like the birds in the trees.
  - Telling someone you’re grateful for them.
  - Doing something kind for someone in your life.
  - Meditating on the positive aspects of your life.

Whatever way(s) you use, as Nike says “Just Do It.” Then, watch your happiness increase.

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11 Practical Steps You Can Take Today to Increase Your Joy

Vernon L Williams — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 19:16:22 +0000

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

These 11 practical steps will help you live every day with joy, despite your circumstances.

1. Entertain only uplifting thoughts.

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. Proverbs 4:23 (GNT)

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)

2. Speak only uplifting words.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 18:21 (NIV)

3. Be content.

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

Philippians 4:11 (NIV)

4. Focus on opportunities within adversity.

As Tony Robbins said, “Where focus goes, energy flows.”

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Philippians 4:8 (NIV)

5. Surround yourself with optimistic people.

Evil company corrupts good habits.

1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV)

6. Rely on God’s promises.

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19 (NIV)

7. Pray.

Pray continually.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV)

8. Recognize that God is using circumstances to make you like Jesus.

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6 (NLT)

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Romans 8:29 (ESV)

9. Give thanks in all circumstances.

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)

10. Serve others.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)

11. Maintain an eternal perspective.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 3:20 (NIV)

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66 Uplifting Quotes on Worry

Vernon L Williams — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 03:15:13 +0000

Worry is defined as thinking about future events in a way that leaves you feeling anxious or apprehensive. According to Dr. Charles Mayo, worry affects circulation, the heart and glands, the whole nervous system, and profoundly affects health.

These quotes will motivate you to kick the worry habit.

“It takes the same amount of energy to worry as it does to believe.”

Joel Osteen

”Anxiety is our agitated soul scrambling for control.”

Beth Moore

“No one can pray and worry at the same time. When we worry, we are not praying. When we pray, we are not worrying.”

Max Lucado

“Don’t believe every worried thought that you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate.”

Renee Jain

“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”

Psalm 55:22

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[?”

Matthew 6:25-27

“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it never gets you anywhere.”

Erma Bombeck

“Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.”

Corrie Ten Boom

“Pray, and let God worry.”

Martin Luther

“We often can’t see what God is doing in our lives, but God clearly sees the whole picture and his plan for us.”

Tony Dungy

“Thinking about what you don’t want to happen increases the odds that it will.”

Robert Kriegel

“Ain’t no use putting up your umbrella til it rains.”

Alice Caldwell Rice

“Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He’s going to be up all night anyway.”

Mary C. Crowley

“Worry is nothing less than the misuse of your imagination.”

Ed Foreman

“Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.”

Arthur Somers Roche

“You do not get stomach ulcers from what you eat. You get stomach ulcers from what is eating you.”

Dr. Joseph F. Montagne

“My life has been full of terrible misfortune most of which never happened.”

Montaigne

“There isn’t enough room in your mind for both worry and faith. You must decide which one will live there.”

SI Robertson

“Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough.”

Francis Chan

“Worry is nothing but practical infidelity. The person who worries reveals his lack of trust in God and that he is trusting too much in self.”

Lee Roberson

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.”

Corrie Ten Boom

“What is needed for happy effectual service is simply to put your work into the Lord’s hand, and leave it there. Do not take it to Him in prayer, saying, “Lord, guide me, Lord, give me wisdom, Lord, arrange for me,” and then arise from your knees, and take the burden all back, and try to guide and arrange for yourself. Leave it with the Lord, and remember that what you trust to Him you must not worry over nor feel anxious about. Trust and worry cannot go together.”

Hannah Whitall Smith

“Knowing that God is faithful, it really helps me to not be captivated by worry. But knowing that He will do what He has said, He will cause it to happen, whatever He has promised, and then it causes me to be less involved in worrying about a situation.“

Josh McDowell

“It’s not the work which kills people, it’s the worry. It’s not the revolution that destroys machinery, it’s the friction.”

Henry Ward Beecher

“Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday’s regrets and tomorrow’s worries.”

Warren Wiersbe

“Worrying is praying for things you don’t want.”

Donna Stoneham

“Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.”

George Washington

“For some reason, we think of doubt and worry as “small” sins. But when a Christian displays unbelief…or an inability to cope with life, he is saying to the world, “My God cannot be trusted,” and that kind of disrespect makes one guilty of a fundamental error, the heinous sin of dishonoring God. That is no small sin.”

John MacArthur

“While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.”

Rick Warren

“Worry, by nature, is the product of a lack of faith and trust in God.”

John MacArthur

“Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.”

Elisabeth Elliot

“Christians, who have given themselves into the care and keeping of the Lord Jesus, still continue to bend beneath the weight of their burden, and often go weary and heavy-laden throughout the whole length of their journey.”

Hannah Whitall Smith

“You find no difficulty in trusting the Lord with the management of the universe and all the outward creation, and can your case be any more complex or difficult than these, that you need to be anxious or troubled about His management of it?”

Hannah Whitall Smith

“It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet. It is when tomorrow’s burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.”

George Macdonald

“And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”

Matthew 6:27-28

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”

John 14:1-3

“And he said to them, ‘Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

Luke 24:38-39

“Say to those who have an anxious heart, ‘Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.’”

Isaiah 35:4

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”

John 14:27

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

Jeremiah 17:7-8

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”

Matthew 6:25-26

“In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.”

Psalm 18:6

“But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.”

Psalm 59:16

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

Matthew 6:34

“For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law, but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.”

2 Chronicles 15:3-4

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4:6-7

“But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.”

Luke 12:28-30

“Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Psalm 118:5-6

“So, here are all the benefits of worrying: none; nothing; notta one. “

Byron Pulsifer

“Because God created you and Christ has made you acceptable, don’t worry about what other people say about you. God is with you and he is for you. God will never leave you.”

Rick Warren

“Worrying is a waste of time; it changes nothing. It will only create stress, which can have major effects on your health.”

Robert Washington

“Worries are wasted emotions, and remember that circumstances have no emotional component unless you give it to them.”

Catherine Pulsifer

“The more you worship, the less you worry. You’ll feel more patient and less pressured.”

Rick Warren

“What would your life look like if you let go of some of your biggest distractions, the often meaningless worries and stresses that take your attention, and actually put more focus on the people and things that are most important to you?”

Mike Robbins

“One of the great tragedies of our society, the most affluent in human history, is that the majority of people worry about money most of the time.”

Brian Tracy

“Worry erodes the psychic, causes unwanted emotional turmoil, and depletes the body through lack of sleep or poor eating habits. It only leads to further and further despair.”

Catherine Pulsifer

“‘Worry’ is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.

Dwight Eisenhower

“You can tell the size of your God by looking at the size of your worry list. The longer your list, the smaller your God.”

Author Unknown

“It’s time to let God’s love cover all things in your life. All secrets. All hurts. All hours of evil, minutes of worry.”

Max Lucado

“If you can control your thoughts, especially the things that you worry about, I guarantee you that you will lessen your stress level by 50-80%.”

Mike Mraz

“Hurry and worry are sisters, and often go along hand in hand with each other.”

Pauline Creeden

“I should not fret and worry about important decisions – I should let Him make them for me. Do not worry about tomorrow – He is the God of tomorrow, He sees the end from the beginning.”

Billy Graham

“Worrying about other people’s problems or events that you cannot control is a waste of mental energy.”

Brian Night

“The basic secret of overcoming worry is the substitution of faith for fear as your dominant mental attitude.”

Norman Vincent Peale

“Once I was able to tackle my worry problems, my life improved considerably. I found I was able to function at a much higher level. My decision-making was much improved. Further, I found that I had energy levels just like when I was a child. I felt enthused to try out new things and go to different places.”

Michael Hilton

“I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn’t need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.”

Henry Ford

“When you worry, you go over the same ground endlessly and come out the same place you started. Thinking makes progress from one place to another; worry remains static.”

Harold B. Walker

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91 Uplifting Quotes on Joy

Vernon L Williams — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:34:38 +0000

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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