JOY

Psalm 100:1–2 NASB95

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.

Psalm 100:2 NASB95

Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.

Ps. 110:2

Psalm 84:1–2 NASB95

How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Psalm 98:4–6 NASB95

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises. Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of melody. With trumpets and the sound of the horn Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord.

Psalm 81:1 NASB95

Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

Psalm 95:1 NASB95

O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

Psalm 28:7 NASB95

The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

Psalm 66:1 NASB95

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

PS. 66:1

Psalm 71:23 NASB95

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed.

Ps. 71:23

Psalm 98:4 NASB95

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.

Does that sound like us when we come to gather together and give our praise to God? Does that sound like us as we gather with the saints, does that sound like us as we gather around the table and sing praises to GOD?

Psalm 122:1 NASB95

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

All to often it seems to me that Joy seems to be as far from our hearts and attitudes as it can get. Sometimes it feels like to me that it is a drag to be here, that there is somewhere else we would rather be, that we are just sour because we had to take part of our day to come and go through the motions of worshipping God, lets just hurry up and get out of here, it’s just too much of a burden if we sing to many songs. we have to be stone faced and not get to excited show some emotion of any kind. To me that is sad. Because there are a lot of reasons to be joyful in in the midst of hard times. God is so good to us He is our shield our joy or hope, he has redeemed us saved us from our sins Why in the world would we not be joyous and express our joy through our faces attitudes, sing, our worship? THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE THIS MORNING ARE YOU A JOYOUS PERSON, IF NOT THEN WHY NOT!

JOY is something that the Christian should have

it is a fruit of the spirit we are told to have it in abundance , our joy should be unspeakable , and Paul says twice that we should rejoice always ; Phil. 4:4

2 Corinthians 8:2 NASB95

that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.

Joy isn’t like happiness which is based upon happenings or whether things are going well or not. No, joy remains even amidst the suffering. Joy is not happiness. Joy is an emotion that’s acquired by the anticipation, acquisition or even the expectation of something great or wonderful. It could be described as exhilaration, delight, sheer gladness, and can result from a great success or a very beautiful or wonderful experience or it can be experienced even in persecution.

what is joy?

Matthew 5:11–12 NASB95

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 5:11 NASB95

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Luke 6:22–23 NASB95

“Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. “Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.

Luke 6

Biblical JOY is not based on circumstances

Joy is delight or to experience great pleasure. It is the opposite of weeping, lamenting, and sorrow (). Some synonyms of joy are gladness and rejoicing.

Matthew 11:19 NASB95

“The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

Worldly Joy Is Fickle and temporary

Worldly Joy Is Fickle and temporary

Job 20:5 NASB95

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?

What are some things we can rejoice in...

Job 20:18 NASB95

“He returns what he has attained And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them.

THERE IS JOY IN ASSEMBLING WITH THE SAINTS

Acts 2:46–47 NASB95

Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.

Acts 2:

I think that is why it so important to not forsake the assembling of the saints

Heb. 24:

Hebrews 10:24–25 NASB95

and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

we can encourage one another and lift each other up. help each other to get through the week.

Psalm 122:1 NASB95

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

THERE IS JOY IN SINGING

Ephesians 5:19 NASB95

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

James 5:13 NASB95

Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.

Psalm 100:2 NASB95

Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.

Romans 14:17–18 NASB95

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

THERE IS JOY IN SERVING

Rom. 14:

Romans 14:17–18 NASB95

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Romans 14:18 NASB95

For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

John 4:34–36 NASB95

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work. “Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. “Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

John 4:34-36

here is joy in working to gether to spread the Gospel

jopy in bring the lost sheep back

Luke 15:4–10 NASB95

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? “When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. “And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ “I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. “Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? “When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!’ “In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Acts 15:1–3 NASB95

Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And when Paul and Barnabas had great dissension and debate with them, the brethren determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders concerning this issue. Therefore, being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all the brethren.

THERE IS JOY IN OBEDIENCE

John 15:7–11 NASB95

“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. “My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. “If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. “These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

John 15:11 NASB95

“These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.

Joy in obedience to Jesus commandments

Joy in loving one another

Joy in obedience to the Gospel

Acts 8:35 NASB95

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him.

Acts 8:39 NASB95

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing.

Acts 16:34 NASB95

And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.

1 John 1:4 NASB95

These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.

THERE IS JOY IN CHRIST

1 Pet.

1 Peter 1:8–9 NASB95

and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.

In Jesus we can rejoice because...

3 John 3–4 NASB95

For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

they love Christ;

they believe in Christ;

they rejoice in Christ;

through all this they are receiving the salvation of their souls;

and they are experiencing this even though, like us, they have never seen Christ in person

Are we joy Givers or are we joy stealers

complainers

Proverbs 18:20 NASB95

With the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied; He will be satisfied with the product of his lips.

GOSSIPers

gossipers

negative

My prayer for you is the same a s Paul’s

Romans 15:13 NASB95

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.