As much as I believe in the holiness of God, I also believe in emphasizing God’s happiness as a legitimate and effective way to share the gospel with unbelievers or to help Christians regain a foothold in their faith.
God designed humans to live on Earth to his glory. Happiness on the New Earth is rooted in Christ’s incarnation, life, death, and resurrection securing a New Earth.
Setting a waiting period gives God the opportunity to provide what we want, to provide something different or better, or to show us that we don’t need it and should use the money differently.
I love to be around older people who can encourage others to serve Jesus after age 70.
A naturalistic worldview that embraces randomness, ultimate meaninglessness, and survival of the fittest doesn’t lend itself to secular studies on happiness, but Scripture offers a different path.
The Bible tells us that although others may not remember us or care what our lives here have been, God remembers our present life perfectly, and he cares very much—so much that the door of eternity swings on the hinges of our present lives.
This year, we can choose where to fix our eyes on Jesus. Instead of locking them on the short-term things we can see, we are called to turn our gaze, by faith, to what is eternal.
Perhaps one day your children about Yahweh will speak back to you what you have written and spoken and lived.
How can we “glorify God in everything” and “pray without ceasing” if we can’t glorify God and pray while working, riding a bike, playing games, or watching a movie? The Good News of Great Happiness invites readers to find joy in all of life.
Sure, receiving a gift is great, and our hearts should be full of praise to God for what he has given us—first and foremost his Son, but also thousands of other smaller gifts we seldom think about. The gift of happiness can be found in generosity and choosing to give.
