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Joy is the light
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Joy is the light 

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Joy is the light of reward for those who serve The Lord with their whole heart.
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Matthew 25:21

Put your whole heart into the labor that God has called you to do.
¶ I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. Psalms 9:1
¶And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, Deuteronomy 10:12

Do nothing half heartedly, else there will be no reward of Joy in it.
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. Hosea 10:2
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 16:13

Be zealous in each and every effort and be enthusiastic about it.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Revelation 3:19

  A life filled to overflowing;
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Psalms 23:5

  A pathway of delight;
¶Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. Psalms 119:35

  A glistening star in the dead of night;
Daniel 12:2  And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

  A bubbling brook of sparkling pure water;
¶The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. Proverbs 18:4

  A forest full of song birds singing;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; Song of Songs 2:12

  A sunrise filled with breathtaking colors;
¶We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 2 Peter 1:19

So is the man who abounds with the Joy of the Lord.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. Jeremiah 17:7