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No Real Joy Apart From Christ, June 3
Christians Are Truly Happy
Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Matthew 25:23
The reason why some are restless is that they do not go to the only
true source of happiness. They are ever trying to find
out
of Christ that
enjoyment which is found alone
in
Him. In Him are no disappointed
hopes. Oh, how is the precious privilege of prayer neglected! ... Prayer
is the strength of the Christian. When alone, he is not alone; he feels the
presence of the One who said, “Lo, I am with you alway.”
The young want just what they have not, namely,
religion
. Nothing
can take the place of it.
The Christian’s hope is just what is needed. Religion will prove to
the believer a comforter, a sure guide to the Fountain of true happiness.
There is no true joy except Christ’s joy. All the supposed happiness
a man fancies he can gain without Christ will prove to be as ashes, a
disappointment. Do not suppose for a moment that an irreligious man
can be a happy man.
No man can really enjoy life without religion. Love to God purifies
and ennobles every taste and every desire, intensifies every affection,
and brightens every worthy pleasure. It enables men to appreciate and
enjoy all that is true, and good, and beautiful.
You will ever find with the true Christian a marked cheerfulness, a
holy, happy confidence in God, a submission to His providences, that is
refreshing to the soul.
Faith in God’s love and overruling providence lightens the burdens
of anxiety and care. It fills the heart with joy and contentment in the
highest or the lowliest lot. Religion tends directly to promote health, to
lengthen life, and to heighten our enjoyment of all its blessings. It opens
to the soul a never-failing fountain of happiness.
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