July 20, Evening
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
[Prov.15:15]
The joy of the Lord is your strength. ■ The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. ■ Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[Neh.8:10 | Rom.14:17 | Eph.5:18-20]
By him ... let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
[Heb.13:15]
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. ■ Sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing. ■ We glory in tribulations also.
[Hab.3:17,18 | II Cor.6:10 | Rom.5:3]
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