Isaiah 61:10
61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
I will be overjoyed because of my God.
For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;
he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication.
I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;
I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
Habakkuk 3:17-18
3:17 When the fig tree does not bud,
and there are no grapes on the vines;
when the olive trees do not produce,
and the fields yield no crops;
when the sheep disappear from the pen,
and there are no cattle in the stalls,
3:18 I will rejoice because of the Lord;
I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
John 15:11
15:11 I have told you these things
so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.
John 16:24
16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it,
so that your joy may be complete.
John 16:2
16:2 They will put you out of
the synagogue,
yet a time
is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Colossians 1:24
1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.
Ephesians 3:19
3:19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to
all the fullness of God.
Philippians 1:25-26
1:25 And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress
and joy in the faith,
1:26 so that what you can be proud of may increase
because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you.
Philippians 1:2
1:2 Grace and peace to you
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Philippians 1:12
Ministry as a Prisoner
1:12 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel: