1 Chronicles 16:27 (NIV) Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy in his dwelling place.
Nehemiah 12:43 (NIV) And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away.
Psalm 43:4 (NIV) Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.
Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows all through persecution and opposition. It is an unceasing fountain bubbling up in the heart; a secret spring the world can't see and doesn't know anything about. The Lord gives his people perpetual joy when they walk in obedience to him. Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899)
