No Real Joy Apart From Christ, June 3

Christians Are Truly Happy

Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Matthew 25:23.ML 158.1

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.”ML 158.2

The young want just what they have not, namely, religion. Nothing can take the place of it.^{8The Review and Herald, March 11, 1880.}ML 158.3

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.^{9The Youth's Instructor, January 1, 1907.}ML 158.4

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.^{10Letter 15, 1899.}ML 158.5

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.^{11Good Health, August 1882 (The Review and Herald, July 11, 1882).}ML 158.6

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.^{12Testimonies for the Church 3:377.}ML 158.7

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.^{13Patriarchs and Prophets, 600.}ML 158.8