Psalm 32:11 (CEB) You who are righteous, rejoice in the LORD and be glad! All you whose hearts are right, sing out in joy!
Zechariah 2:10 (CEB) Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Zion, because I am about to come and dwell among you, says the LORD.
Luke 1:47 (CEB) In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior.
Romans 15:13 (CEB) May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in faith so that you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 61:10 (CEB) I surely rejoice in the LORD; my heart is joyful because of my God. .
John 17:13 (CEB) Now I'm coming to you and I say these things while I'm in the world so that they can share completely in my joy.
I know not how God will dispose of me. I am always happy. All the world suffers; and I, who deserve the severest discipline, feel joys so continual and so great that I can scarce contain them. —Brother Lawrence in The Practice of the Presence of God. Christianity Today, Vol. 35, No. 1.
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