Rejoice in the Lord always. … Let your moderateness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Of supreme importance in the Christian life is requesting, receiving and cultivating the gift of the Lord ...

For joy, two things are needed: that over which we rejoice must both appear to us as good and actually ... Joy’s truthful seeing requires acknowledging not only that we cannot always possess certain ...

“Rejoice in the Lord, always, again I say rejoice” fluttered through my mind — only five hours after I’d taught from this passage. Sarah and I worked like rented mules getting the house read ...