The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.

He told me that I needed to smile more, to remember that this was a great adventure and that voters loved a happy warrior.

Love life more than the meaning of it?

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

The theologian who has no joy in his work is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this science.

For if a pastor is not in touch with joy, it will be difficult to teach or preach convincingly that the news is good.

If Christians worshipped only when they felt like it, there would be precious little worship...Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship. When we obey the command to praise God in worship our deep, essential need to be in relationship with God is nurtured.

Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence. It is not what we have to acquire in order to experience life in Christ; it is what comes to us when we are walking in the way of faith and obedience.

My mother used to say that each day was a gift and how we chose to unwrap it would determine our happiness.

If you lack joy, there is one way you can engage in the process of gaining ever-increasing joy: learn to rejoice. A choice to rejoice cannot depend on circumstances, because it operates from the heart of faith. It lives regardless of what has happened, embracing the realities of His world that can only be accessed by trust in God and His Word. Rejoicing releases joy.

Don't get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.