I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!English Standard VersionThese things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.Berean Standard BibleI have told you these things so that My joy ...
12Dear friends, don’t be surprised by the painful suffering you are going through. Don’t feel as if something strange were happening to you.13Be joyful that you are taking part in Christ’s sufferings. Then you will be filled with joy when Christ returns in glory. ...
If you want victory, and growing maturity, and success, excitement, joy and satisfaction in your Christian life—you need to be filled with the Holy Spirit. There are no other ways. It is that important. But when you compare the various Scriptures in the Bible which talk about being filled...
But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God’s presence. Let them be filled with joy.American Standard VersionBut let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.Berean Study Bible
If I rejoice (even in my heart) or feel prideful when someone else suffers, the Psalmist has prayed that I will be brought to shame, confusion, and dishonor. We should rejoice when someone prospers and be filled with joy and gladness that our righteousness may be a testimony and that we...
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.14 I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,”declares the Lord. 15 This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping,Rachel weeping for her children and...
14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. 16 He will bring ...
day after day after day I ask to be emptied of myself so that I may be filled with the Holy Spirit. I am so weakened, exhausted, severely depressed and feel no joy or excitement. I’ve had hands laid on me, my forehead anointed with oil and been prayed over by my church elders,...
I spotted a full rainbow 🌈 this evening as I was driving for a grocery run ! My heart suddenly leapt for joy as I knew God was trying to get my attention through this rainbow. I had asked Him something this morning and this was my answer. ...
Unfortunately, our world is filled with lies, manipulation, and gaslighting. We are at a point where we don’t know who is telling the truth; we don’t know who to believe. We as believers, writes Thacker, “ . . . must engage any manipulation of truth in our worldwith eyes wide ...