Psalm 16:11 (TLB) You have let me experience the joys of life and the exquisite pleasures of your own eternal presence.
Isaiah 12:3 (TLB) Oh, the joy of drinking deeply from the Fountain of Salvation!
John 16:24 (TLB) You haven’t tried this before, [but begin now]. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and your cup of joy will overflow.
Romans 14:17 (TLB) For, after all, the important thing for us as Christians is not what we eat or drink but stirring up goodness and peace and joy from the Holy Spirit.
If we can convince people that we are onto something that's full of joy, they'll stampede one another to follow us. —William Treadwell
Leadership, Vol. 1, no. 3. Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "JOY".
