He is a good time-server that improves the present for God’s glory and his own salvation.
Thomas Fuller
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
2 Chronicles 16:9
The King James Version
Tears of joy are the dew in which the sun of righteousness is mirrored.
Jean Paul Richter
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Let no thought linger in your mind that you would be ashamed to let out of your mouth.
Unknown
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28:19-20
The King James Version
But upon a day the good providence of God did cast me to Bedford to work on my calling, and in one of the streets of that town I came where there were three or four poor women sitting at a door in the sun and talking about the things of God; and being now willing to hear them discourse, I drew near to hear what they said, for I was now a brisk talker also myself in the matters of religion. But now I may say I heard, but I understood not; for they were far above, out of my reach; for their talk was about a new birth—the work of God on their hearts. And methought they spake as if Joy did make them speak; they spake with such pleasantness of scripture language and with such appearance of grace in all they said, that they were to me as if they had found a new world.
John Bunyan
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Joy is not the same as pleasure or happiness. A wicked and evil man may have pleasure, while any ordinary mortal is capable of being happy. Pleasure generally comes from things, and always through the senses; happiness comes from humans through fellowship. Joy comes from loving God and neighbor. Pleasure is quick and violent, like a flash of lightning. Joy is steady and abiding, like a fixed star. Pleasure depends on external circumstances, such as money, food, travel, etc. Joy is independent of them, for it comes from a good conscience and love of God.
Fulton J. Sheen
But they delight in doing everything God wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on his laws and thinking about ways to follow him more closely.
Psalm 1:2
The Living Bible
God’s never missed the runway through all the centuries of fearful fog.
Charles R. Swindoll
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There is no hiding place from that which the hand of God presents to us.
Dolores Hart
Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.
1 Chronicles 16:33
The New International Version
The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is Luther? The teaching is not mine. Nor was I crucified for anyone…How did I, poor stinking bag of maggots that I am, come to the point where people call the children of Christ by my evil name?
Martin Luther
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I’ve been a supporter of This Day’s Thought for many years. Receiving their daily emails of noble and happy thoughts is one of the highlights of my entire day. When I was a young boy, my family had a box of Bible verses that stayed on our kitchen table. Before the main meal each day, someone would read the short verse and pray. Sometimes we discussed the verse; other times, it was simply read and returned to its holder. But the steady, daily exposure to God’s Word was having a profound effect on my life that I wouldn’t fully understand until I grew up and left home. As I’ve sawn, sanded, and nailed each little box together, it’s been my prayer that each one will find fertile soil in the lives and homes of those to whom they are mailed. The box is handmade in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina from reclaimed wood, and it’s my great honor to place these selected quotes from This Day’s Thought into your hands. May the Lord bless you, grow your faith, and guide you on your journey toward our heavenly home. In Him, Mark, Vilas, NC
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Joy is not mere happiness.
Nor does joy spring from a life of ease, comfort, or peaceful circumstances.
Joy is the soul’s buoyant response to a God of promise, presence, and power.
Susan Lenzkes
Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.
Daniel 12:3
The New King James Version
The almighty Father will use life’s reverses to move you forward.
Barbara Johnson
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Christ looks not to the work of praying but to the heart of the prayer.
Hugh Latimer
The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 29:19
The Revised Standard Version
We never test the resources of God until we attempt the impossible.
F. B. Meyer
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Real true faith is man’s weakness leaning on God’s strength.
D. L. Moody
“For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
Isaiah 54:10
The New King James Version
I could not be interested in any man’s religion if his knowledge of God did not bring him more joy, did not brighten his life, did not make him want to carry this joy into every dark corner of the world. I have no understanding of a long-faced Christian. If God is anything, He must be joy.
Joe E. Brown
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I take a walk every day, by faith and meditation, to mount Calvary; there is nothing like it.
Matthew Henry
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
Psalm 105:3
The Revised Standard Version
A positive thing; in Joy one does not only feel secure, but something goes out from one’s self to the universe, a warm, possessive effluence of love.
John Buchan
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Happy is the sadness of the faithful, which has such joy with it, and unhappy is the joy of unbelievers, which has such sadness with it.
Martin Luther
Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
Proverbs 20:24
The King James Version
Kindness is how I feel the movement of God.
Anne Lamott
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My faith hath no bed to sleep upon but omnipotency.
Samuel Rutherford
How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
Psalm 19:12
The New Living Translation
Joy is not gush; joy is not jolliness. Joy is just perfect acquiescence in God’s will because the soul delights itself in God Himself.
Hanmer William Webb-Peploe
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