Be glad and rejoice as much as possible, it will make your life better!

“So rejoice in the LORD and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure.” (Psalm 32:11 NLT).

The glad game

Hayley Mills won an Academy Award portraying the infectiously glad orphan in Walt Disney's "Pollyanna" (1960). She played a game called “the glad game” where she would find something to be glad about even in the most negative situations. Her attitude and game affected everyone in her town in many profound ways. According to Pollyanna there are 800 ‘rejoicing texts’ in the Bible. And she said that God must care an awful lot about being glad or He wouldn't have included so many verses in the Bible about it. I haven't counted them, so I don't know exactly how many glad and rejoicing verses there actually are in the Bible, but I do know there are a lot of them! And I do know it's very good to focus on the positive side of things. Here are just a few glad and rejoice verses. Of course, there are hundreds more.

Rejoice always!

“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again”: Rejoice!” (Phil. 4:4 NIV)

Serve God with gladness!

“Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.” (Psalm 100:2 NASB)

Rejoice in everything you put your hand to!

“There you and your families will feast in the presence of the LORD your God, and you will rejoice in all you have accomplished because the LORD your God has blessed you.” (Deut. 12:7 NLT)

Rejoice in your salvation!

“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.” (Psalm 13:5 NIV)

Rejoice in His Love!

“I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.” (Psalm 31:7 NIV)

Rejoice in His Name all day!

“They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness.” (Psalm 89:16 (NIV)

Rejoice because the Lord comforts and is compassionate!

“Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.” (Isa. 49:13 NIV)