There is a common belief that happiness happens through the lucky happenstance of happy happenings — that happiness depends on pursuing and finding comfortable and enjoyable, long-lasting situations. That’s a misconception.
Happiness is an inner attitude built on gratitude. If you haven’t learned how to be happy inside, life is a wild ride that bounces back and forth between sad and glad depending on your outward circumstances.
True joy comes from an inner apprenticeship. When you learn to listen to and obey the risen Jeus Christ as His apprentice, you begin to experience genuine happiness. His joy begins to freely flow from within you and makes your joy complete. (John 15:11)
A preacher’s job is to help train people to be Christ’s apprentice. He is supposed to introduce people to The Speaker (Genesis 1:3) who with The Word (John 1:1-5) created everything, and to show them how to listen to and obey the inner voice of the Word become flesh (John 1:14) — Christ in you, the hope of Glory. (Colossians 1:27)
Biblical Christianity is about Christ’s presence continually living in and through you. It produces amazing happiness that the Bible describes as: “joy unspeakable and full of glory.” (1 Peter 1:8)
— Real Talk —
God wants to
Talk to you
Directly —
Not just through
A preacher.
Hear His voice
Inside of you.
Then go do
What He tells
You to do.
Church attendance without spiritual transcendence is powerless religion. According to the Bible, an outward form of religion without ongoing inward transformation should be avoided. (2 Timothy 3: 5) When Christians talk more about their church, their pastor, or their country than they do about Jesus, they have their priorities mixed up.
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