Friday Five: God’s joy

(Taken from The Message, just for a new breeze of thought.)

'Oh how I'll rejoice in them! Oh how I'll delight in doing good things for them!

Jer 32:41

Count on it— there's more joy in heaven over one sinner's rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue.

Luke 15:7

This day is holy to God. Don't feel bad. The joy of God is your strength!

Neh 8:10

The life-maps of God are right, showing the way to joy.

Psalms 19:8

God sent me to announce the year of his grace— a celebration of God's destruction of our enemies— and to comfort all who mourn, To care for the needs of all who mourn in Zion, give them bouquets of roses instead of ashes, Messages of joy instead of news of doom, a praising heart instead of a languid spirit.

Isaiah 61:2-3 (MSG)