Why do Christians sometimes lose their joy? This article discusses two reasons why, and also considers what to do about it.

Are you prone to taking yourself too seriously? This article explains how Christians with a high view of God and Christ should have lives marked by laughter and joy, because the basis of our hope is grace, not performance.

Though a true believer knows that God’s Word should stir up rejoicing from within him, he also knows that this is not always the case. This article shows that sin can take away the joy of reading the Bible. It also shows how our attitude is crucial to reading the Bible. By rediscovering this joy, devotion time, Bible study and preaching will always be a delight.

The Bible commands Christians to rejoice. This article discusses how the desire for joy is real, and how we can have true joy.

How many reasons for joy can you list for being part of a local church? This article offers a total of twenty-five!

This article is an exposition of 2 Corinthians 2:3, on mutual joy.

This article presents joy or enjoyment as absolute necessities for those who are in Christ. The author closely links these aspects of worship to the honour, praise, and glory of God.

How are we supposed to obey the command to rejoice in the Lord if true Christian joy is a gift of God? This article answers, suggesting the use of means, such as Scripture reading, prayer, fellowship, creation & providence, and obedience.

This article discusses the nature of Christian joy. It explains how joy is a duty, it is more than an emotion, and joylessness is a sin.

This article shows how central Christian joy is to the teaching of the New Testament, and thus to the Christian life.

This article discusses the joy that is associated with the experience of conversion. In doing this the author attempts to determine what this joy is, including what is called in Scripture the joy of salvation, its relationship to justification, and how to obtain this joy.

This article provides a history of the Christmas carol "Joy to the World," and some thoughts on how the joy of God flows from us into the world.

This article focuses on the joy that the Lord Jesus had during his earthly sojourn, with special consideration given to Luke 10:21.

This article presents the biblical definition of joy, and considers how we may get there—by contemplating the glory of Christ.

This article considers the variety of ways in which Scripture uses the word "exceeding" as an adjective (such as in reference to joy and the power of God).

This article reflects on what the joy of the Lord looks like, alongside of godly sorrow.

The heart of Christian meditation is the enjoyment of the presence of God combined with the joy experienced in praising the Lord. Meditation is therefore an act of worship, an act of seeking communion with the living God.

This article is about the nature of Christian contentment and therefore about what gives people joy. The author illustrates from Philippians 4:10-13 what contentment is.

What should a believer's reaction to suffering look like? This article discusses James' exhortation in James 1:2 which encourages Christians to rejoice in trials. This joy acts as a testimony to the world of the presence of the Lord Jesus in the believer's life. To withdraw and dwell in self-pity is to sin against God, who has blessed us with many things in this life and the next.

This article on Psalm 119:162 ties in with the article In Awe of Thy Word. Here the author discusses rejoicing in the word. Sin can sometimes take away the joy of reading the Bible. This article shows that our attitude toward Bible study and devotions is crucial to developing this joy and delight.

This article on James 1:1-2 discusses how Christians can count trials and suffering as joy. This can happen when Christians see that trials come from God, and serve to purify faith.

This article on James 1:1-2 discusses how Christians can count trials and suffering as joy. This can happen when Christians see suffering as making them partakers in Christ's suffering, and as revealing the power of Christ.

Isaiah 12 gives reasons why Christians ought to be joyful. Christians can find joy in the atoning work of Christ, having God as our salvation, and sharing this salvation message with others.

This is the eighth article in a series on heaven. Entering heaven is equated with entering the joy of God. This article shows that heaven is a joyous place because God and believers are there together. This is an encouragement to believes to look forward to heaven while on earth.

This article shows that living a "cross-shaped life" is living with an understanding that following Jesus means death and self-denial, as well as joy. A Christian is someone who lives with the experience of all three of these things.

This article is about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), focusing on the fruit of joy.

Is the Reformed Church lacking joy? The author of this article attributes the lack of joy within the Reformed Church to the desire to be unique and the challenge to preserve doctrinal truth. This article points to the covenant of grace as the cure to finding and expressing joy in God.

This article explores the relationship between serving and joy. It shows how being won by God's grace results in joyful service, with the certainty of eternal life through the complete work of Christ. With this understanding, serving does not become a burden.

The author of this article looks at Psalms as the depiction of all parts of a religious emotional life. WIth this in mind, and with the conviction that all of Scripture speaks about Christ, this article looks at how the Book of Psalms reveals the emotions of Christ, such as his anger, compassion, grief, hope and joy.

In this exposition of Psalm 122, this article shows that joy in worship can only be attained by understanding worship, and that understanding God's nearness fuels prayer.

This article on Zephaniah 3:14-17 is about the thing that gives God joy: the Christian.

In this article about holiness, the holiness is seen as a work of God. It has a big focus on how to cultivate holiness, and encouragements for growth in holiness. Obstacles to holiness and the joy of holiness is also discussed. The effect of holiness on every sphere of life is also mentioned.

The sins of our loved ones can sometimes be very painful, but they must not be allowed to rob us of our joy in the Lord.

This article is about the expectation of the new heaven and earth and the worldly hope and optimism and the idea of utopia we find in our society today. The author also looks at the joy and the patience of the kingdom of God.

Let the Lord's Day be a delight. It should be a day of rest and joy. (Isaiah 58:13-14)