The Best Kept Secret To Happiness

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Happiness Club Book called Happiness is a
Serious Problem.
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Happiness Club Book called Happiness is a
Serious Problem. Tips for how happiness can
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Happiness Club Book called Happiness is a
Serious Problem. Tips for how happiness can
improve your life. --Page could not be
displayed-- Happiness Game to make all your
dreams come true The Road to Happiness
material for only 47.
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What would it take to make you happy?

• Friends or social life
• Job
• Being in love
• Success
• Sex
• Personal growth

• Having enough money
• Having a home
• Being attractive
• Exercise
• Being a parent
• Marriage

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The popular idea of happiness is having the right
circumstances.
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Dead-end roads to happiness Eccl. 21-11 (Pg.
658 hardcover, 464 softcover) )

• Experiencing pleasures. (vs. 1-3)

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HUMILIATION
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Dead-end roads to happiness Eccl. 21-11 (Pg.
658 hardcover, 464 softcover) )

• Experiencing pleasures. (vs. 1-3)
• Accumulating things. (vs. 4-8)

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Dead-end roads to happiness Eccl. 21-11 (Pg.
658 hardcover, 464 softcover) )

• Experiencing pleasures. (vs. 1-3)
• Accumulating things. (vs. 4-8)
• Achieving success. (vs. 9-11)

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God is very interested in your happiness
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Turn To
Matthew 53-12 (page 958 hardback 671 softcover)
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Sermon on the Mount speaks about the core
values of the Christian life.
God is very interested in your happiness. (Matt.
53-12)
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Sermon on the Mount speaks about the core values
of the Christian life. The first thing Jesus
established about finding happiness is that it is
related to some kind of poverty.
God is very interested in your happiness. (Matt.
53-12)
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Why does Jesus begin talking about happiness with
poor in spirit?
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Why does Jesus begin talking about happiness with
poor in spirit?
No one enters the kingdom of heaven on the basis
of pride.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is unlike any kingdom we
see on earth. The people to whom it belongs are
the ones who realize they dont qualify for it.
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Having the proper perspective of what poor in
spirit means is foundational to understanding all
of the beatitudes.
Peace Making
Purity of Heart
Hunger and Thirst
Mercy
Meekness
Mourning
Poor in Spirit
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How does being poor in spirit relate to your
happiness?
It reduces stress.
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A happy person is not a person in a certain set
of circumstances, but rather a person with a
certain set of attitudes.
Hugh Downs
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How does being poor in spirit relate to your
happiness?
It reduces stress.

• Happiness is a choice.

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People are just as happy as they make up their
minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln
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How does being poor in spirit relate to your
happiness?
It improves your relationships.

• Being poor in spirit does not mean thinking
  less of yourself - it is thinking more of others.

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When you become interested in others, you become
interesting to others.
Rick Warren
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How does being poor in spirit relate to your
happiness?
It releases Gods power.

• Gods power works through broken people
  because broken people realize their need for God.

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How will you know when you are poor in spirit?
When you...
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Give your life to Christ by receiving Him.
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How will you know when you are poor in spirit?
When you...
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Ask God to take daily inventory of your heart
admitting you cannot please Him in your own
strength. Ps. 13923-24
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How will you know when you are poor in spirit?
When you...
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See your weaknesses as opportunities to let
Christs power work through you. 2 Cor. 125-10
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How will you know when you are poor in spirit?
When you...
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Find you are caring for others rather than
criticizing them.
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How will you know when you are poor in spirit?
When you...
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Begin asking God for the desire to be filled with
more of Him and less of you.
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How will you know when you are poor in spirit?
When you...
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Find yourself taking Christ on His terms rather
than your own.
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How will you know when you are poor in spirit?
When you...
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Find yourself praising and thanking God for His
grace toward you.
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How will you know when you are poor in spirit?
When you...
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Base your happiness on choosing to focus on God
and His work in you rather than on your
circumstances.