God Wants Me Happy

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HAPPY MISTAKES:

  We try to fake it.
     _{^{Psalm 34:13}}

  We try to chase it.
       _{^{Ecclesiastes 1:14}}

  We try to force it.
       _{^{Proverbs 25:20}}

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DOES GOD CARE IF I’M HAPPY?

  Enjoy what God has approved.
      _{^{1 Timothy 6:17    James 1:17}}

  Let the massive blessings sink in deeply.
       _{^{Colossians 1:27    Colossians 3:16    Romans 8:1}}

  Sometimes God weeps for us.
       _{^{John 11:35}}

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ARE THERE SOME THINGS BETTER
THAN MY OWN HAPPINESS?

  Someone else’s happiness. 
         _{^{Hebrews 11:25-26    Ruth 1:17}}

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  Wake-up calls that return me to God.   
          _{^{Amos 4:6-11    Luke 15:16-17}}
 

  Trials that change my character.
          _{^{Matthew 5:3-10    James 1:2-4}}

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  Sacrifices that expand God’s Kingdom.
          _{^{Jonah 4:6-11    Mark 10:29-31}}

KEY QUESTION:
What are the specific times that we need to delay our happiness?