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Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.

Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.

John Calvin
Jesus, Heart, Joy

Christians rejoice even while they truly sorrow - because their rejoicing is in the hope of heaven... While joy overcomes sorrow, it does not put an end to it.

John Calvin
Christian, Joy, Heaven

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

John Calvin
Order, Joy, Suffering

We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.

John Calvin
Meditation, Joy, Suffering

There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.

John Calvin
Joy, Affliction, Ought
John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on James”, p.6, Ravenio Books

Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.

John Calvin
Prayer, Heart, Joy

the more we are oppressed by the cross, the fuller will be our spiritual joy.

John Calvin
Spiritual, Joy, Crosses
John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.66, Baker Books

No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world.

John Calvin
Joy, Suffering, World

For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day.

John Calvin
Joy, Perception, Obscurity
John Calvin “Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion”, Westminster John Knox Press

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