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Joy Quotes by John Piper

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Joy is linked to love that glorifies God and to serving others, even when life is hard. It can appear in self‑forgetfulness, like standing on a canyon edge, and it coexists with suffering. The ultimate source of joy is God, and there is no conflict between happiness and divine holiness.

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Gratitude is the joy that arises in response to God’s good will toward us in all his gifts.

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The greatest threat to your ministry, dear brothers, is that you lose your joy in God.

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We need a Savior. Christmas is an indictment before it becomes a delight.

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Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others.

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“When this world totally fails, the ground for joy remains.”

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“For Jesus, the demand for joy is a way to live with suffering and to outlast suffering.”

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“Enjoyment of Jesus is not like icing on the cake; it’s like powder in the shell.”

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“Seeing the glory of Jesus Christ in the gospel awakens joy.”

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Maintaining joy in God takes 'work'; that is, it's a fight against every impulse for alien joys and every obstacle in the…

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To see Him and know Him and be in His presence is the soul’s final feast. Beyond this there is no quest.…

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All the money needed to send and support an army of self-sacrificing, joy-spreading ambassadors is already in the church.

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“Enjoying and displaying are both crucial. The wasted life is the life without a passion for the supremacy of God in all…

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The apex of glorifying God is enjoying Him with the heart. But this is empty emotionalism where that joy is not awakened…

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Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and…

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My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one…

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We need God in ways we do not know. Don't limit your experience of God to what you can think to ask.…

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“The best news in the world is that there is no conflict between your greatest possible happiness and God's perfect holiness. Being…

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Husbands and wives, recognize that in marriage you have become one flesh. If you live for your private pleasure at the expense…

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The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death…

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Taken as a whole, the story of Ruth is one of those signs. It was written to give us encouragement and hope…

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Whenever your heart starts to be anxious about the future, preach to your heart and say, 'Heart, who do you think you…

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What is the essence of evil? It is forsaking a living fountain for broken cisterns. God gets derision and we get death.…

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Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be…

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If gratitude is not rooted in the beauty of God before the gift, it is probably disguised idolatry. May God grant us…

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“The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an “extra” that a person might grow into after he…

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“Long looking with admiration produces change. From your heroes you pick up mannerisms and phrases and tones of voice and facial expressions…

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“God created me---and you---to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion----namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme…

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“Oh, what a grand design! to make our joy the echo of your excellence. To make our pleasure proof that you now…

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Suffering in the path of Christian obedience, with joy - because the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life (Psalm…

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“In obedience to God’s Word we should fight to walk in the paths where he has promised his blessings. But when and…

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There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my…

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“The greatest joy is joy in God. This is plain from Psalm 16:11: "You [God] will make known to me the path…

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heaven is a place of unparalleled and indescribable joy

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Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy.

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“God created the world to exhibit the fullness of His glory in the God-centered joy of His people.”

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In all the setbacks of your life as a believer, God is plotting for your joy.

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God is not a killjoy; he just opposes what kills joy.

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We make a god out of whatever we find most joy in. So find your joy in God and be done with…

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The chief end of missions is the supremacy of God in the joy of all peoples.

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“Jesus’s solution to our love affair with sin is that we be mastered by joy in a new reality, namely, God.”

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Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory…

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Do you love the cross because it makes much of you? Or do you love it because it enables you to enjoy and eternity…

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Ignatius, when he heard the clock strike, would say, "Now I have another hour to answer for." (Eph. 5:16)