Think about it: the joy of the Lord doesn't just fill you with strength, it brings us all together. It's a joy that's not meant to be kept to yourself; it needs to be shared. Just like the Israelites were instructed to celebrate and share what they had with each other, you can spread the joy of the Lord with everyone you know.
This joy challenges you to love your neighbor and share the Gospel. When your heart is joyful in God, you are strong and empowered to spread that joy throughout your community. It's a lasting joy, something no one can take away.
Psalm 98:4-6 says, "Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn— shout for joy before the Lord, the King." You can find so many verses like this that talk about the joy of our God.
You will make Me know the way of life; in Your presence is fullness of joys. At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Then he said to them, Go eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our LORD. And do not be sorry, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.
For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
I have spoken these things to you so that My joy might remain in you and your joy might be full.
Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, you righteous; and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Rejoice evermore.Pray without ceasing.In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Before now you have asked nothing in My name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.
whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy, and having been glorified,obtaining the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Each one, as he purposes in his heart, let him give; not of grief, or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul will be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the robes of salvation, He covered me with the robe of righteousness like a bridegroom adorns himself with ornaments, and like a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.
Though the fig tree shall not blossom, and fruit is not on the vines; the labor of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food. The flock is cut off from the fold, and no herd is in the stalls;yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations,knowing that the trying of your faith works patience.
Through Him we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice on the hope of the glory of God.And not only this, but we glory in afflictions also, knowing that afflictions work out patience,
For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break out before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song I will praise Him.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
And continuing with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they shared food with gladness and simplicity of heart,praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break out into singing, O mountains; for the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.
But let all who put their trust in You rejoice; let them always shout for joy, because You defend them. And let those who love Your name be joyful in You.
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;always giving thanks for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
I have taken Your testimonies as an inheritance forever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound; they shall walk, O Jehovah, in the light of Your face.In Your name they shall rejoice all the day; and in Your righteousness they shall be lifted up.
For You have made him most blessed forever; You have rejoiced him in the gladness in Your holy face.
Yet do not rejoice in this, that the evil spirits are subject to you, rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and moan within me? Hope in God; for I shall praise Him for the salvation of His face.
Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.And you also rejoice in the same, and rejoice with me.
Blessed are the peoples who are so; blessed are the peoples to whom Jehovah is their God.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For behold, your reward is great in Heaven. For so their fathers did according to these things to the prophets.
to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; so that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that He might be glorified.
Your Words were found, and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and gladness of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O Jehovah, the God of Hosts.
Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to counselors of peace there is joy.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing; then they said among the nations, Jehovah has done great things with them.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. And let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigns.
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fullness of it.Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it; then shall all the trees of the forest rejoice
Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You, and the ones loving your salvation always say, Let Jehovah be magnified.
Jehovah your God is mighty in your midst; He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy; He is silent in His love; He rejoices over you with joyful shout.
And now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world that they might have My joy fulfilled in them.
Sing to God, sing praises to His name; praise Him who rides on the heavens by His name JEHOVAH, and rejoice before Him.
But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is indeed not grievous to me, but for you it is safe.
For You, Jehovah, have made Me glad with Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands.
And Hannah prayed and said, My heart rejoices in Jehovah, my horn is exalted in Jehovah. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in Your salvation.
Sing to Jehovah, bless His name; show forth His salvation from day to day.Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all people.
Therefore, my brothers, ones loved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand fast in this way in the Lord, beloved ones.
My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh shout for joy to the living God.
Be glad then, sons of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God. For He has given you the former rain according to righteousness, and He will cause the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain in the first month.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; yea, on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.
And bringing them up to the house, he set a table before them and rejoiced, believing in God with all his household.
My boldness of speech is great toward you; my glorying on your behalf is much. I have been filled with comfort, I am overflowing with joy on all our trouble.
You have multiplied the nation. You have not increased the joy. They rejoice before You according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,when I remember You on my bed and think of You in the night watches.Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love.If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.I have spoken these things to you so that My joy might remain in you and your joy might be full.
You love righteousness, and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.
I also will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Sing, O heavens; for Jehovah has done it. Shout, lower parts of the earth. Break out into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it. For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel.
I say to you that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.
And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their affliction.
The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Your name.
And one shall say in that day, Lo, this is our God. We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is Jehovah; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for You shall judge the peoples righteously and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
For we are the circumcision who worship God in the spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh;
everyone who is called by My name; for I have created him for My glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Clap your hand, all you peoples; shout to God with the voice of triumph.
And in that day you shall say, O Jehovah, I will praise You; though You were angry with me, turn away Your anger, and You shall comfort me.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
so that I may declare all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; I will rejoice in Your salvation.
Jehovah is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will glorify Him, my father's God, and I will exalt Him.
And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
Not that we have dominion over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.
And having this confidence, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all, for your advancement and joy of faith,
And there you shall eat before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households in which Jehovah your God has blessed you.
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing!
Therefore the redeemed of Jehovah shall return and come with singing into Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their head. Gladness and joy shall overtake them; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
They shall pour forth the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.
A Poem of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever; with my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness to all generations.For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; You shall establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning.
Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our King, sing praise.For God is King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;
And worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.And they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good, giving rain and fruitful season to us from heaven, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.
And therefore you now have sorrow. But I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.
Now thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and He revealing through us the odor of the knowledge of Him in every place.
So I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,
And let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people, and praise Him in the gathering of the elders.
A Psalm of David. I will praise You with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praise to You.I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth's sake; for You have magnified Your Word above all Your name.
His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things; I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.
While I live I will praise Jehovah; I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;always giving thanks for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering, so that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, welcoming the Word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
Give thanks to Jehovah, call on His name, make known His deeds among the people.Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him, talk of all His wondrous works.Glory in His holy name, let the heart of those who seek Jehovah rejoice.