And Again I Say, Rejoice

[MIRIAM JACOB]

And Again I Say, Rejoice


It is a good thing to rejoice in the Lord.
Perhaps you found the first dose ineffectual.
Keep on with your medicine, and when
you cannot feel any joy, when there is no
wellspring and no seeming comfort and
encouragement, still rejoice, and count it all joy.

Even when you fall into temptations,
reckon the circumstance joy and delight,
and God will make your reckoning good.
Do you suppose your Father will let you
carry the banner of His victory and His
gladness on to the front of the battle,
and then cooly stand back and see you
captured or beaten back by the enemy?
Never!

The Holy Spirit will sustain you in your
bold advance and fill your heart with
gladness and praise. You will experience
an exhilaration and refreshing because
of the fullness of His Spirit within.

Lord, teach me to rejoice in Thee,
and to rejoice evermore.
The joy of the Lord is the strength
of His people,
The sunshine that scatters their
sadness and gloom;
The fountain that bursts
in the desert of sorrow,
And sheds o'er the wilderness,
gladness and bloom.



A. B. SIMPSON
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