We light this candle as a symbol of Christ our JOY.
May the joyful promise of Your presence, O God,
Make us rejoice in our hope of salvation.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.
And a highway shall be there, and a way,
and it shall be called The Way of Holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those:
the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon,
it shall not be found there;
but the redeemed shall walk there:
and the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
and come to Zion with songs and everlasting JOY upon their heads:
the shall obtain JOY and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 35:8-10
Be rightly related to God, find your joy there,
and out of you will flow rivers of living water.
Oswald Chambers
These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you,
and that your joy might be full.
John 15:11
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