What the Bible Says About Joy:

1. Jesus’ aim in all He taught was the joy of His people (Jn. 15:11).

2. Joy is what God fills us with when we trust in Christ (Rom. 15:13).

3. The kingdom of God is joy (Rom. 14:17).

4. Joy is the fruit of God’s Spirit within us (Gal. 5:22).

5. Joy is the aim of everything the apostles did and wrote (2 Cor. 1:24).

6. Becoming a Christian is finding a joy that makes you willing to forsake everything (Mat. 13:44).

7. Joy is nourished and sustained by the word of God in the Bible (Psm. 19:8).

8. Joy will overtake all sorrow for those who trust Christ (Psm. 126:5; 30:5)

9. God Himself is our joy (Psm. 43:4; 16:11).

10. Joy in God outstrips all earthly joy (Psm. 4:7)

11. If your joy is in God, no one can take your joy from you (Jn. 16:22).

12. God calls all nations and peoples to join in the joy He offers to all who believe. No racism. No ethnocentrism (Psm. 67:4; Psm. 66:1).

13. The whole Christian message from beginning to end is good news of great joy (Lk. 2:10; Isa. 51:11).

14. When we meet Christ at His second coming we will enter into his indestructible joy (Mt. 25:23).