“God Wants You to be Happy” Psalm 97:12 Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones, And give thanks to His holy name. Psalm 97:12 “God Wants You to be Happy”

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“God Wants You to be Happy” Psalm 97:12

Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones, And give thanks to His holy name. Psalm 97:12 “God Wants You to be Happy”

I. THE THEOLOGY OF HAPPINESS “God Wants You to be Happy”

I. THE THEOLOGY OF HAPPINESS 1. Whatever makes me happy must be right. Whatever makes me unhappy must be wrong. “God Wants You to be Happy”

I. THE THEOLOGY OF HAPPINESS 1. Whatever makes me happy must be right. Whatever makes me unhappy must be wrong. 2. Discomfort, delay, risk, suffering, inconveniences, and obstacles can’t be God’s will. “God Wants You to be Happy”

I. THE THEOLOGY OF HAPPINESS 1. Whatever makes me happy must be right. Whatever makes me unhappy must be wrong. 2. Discomfort, delay, risk, suffering, inconveniences, and obstacles can’t be God’s will. 3. Without knowing it, I begin to worship the false gods of comfort, money, pleasure, and things. “God Wants You to be Happy”

II. GOD DOESN’T WANT YOU HAPPY “God Wants You to be Happy”

II. GOD DOESN’T WANT YOU HAPPY 1. When it causes you to do something wrong or unwise. “God Wants You to be Happy”

II. GOD DOESN’T WANT YOU HAPPY 1. When it causes you to do something wrong or unwise. 1 Peter 1:15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; “God Wants You to be Happy”

II. GOD DOESN’T WANT YOU HAPPY 1. When it causes you to do something wrong or unwise. 1 Peter 1:15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; 2. When it is only based on the things of this world. “God Wants You to be Happy”

Better possessions + peaceful circumstances + thrilling experiences + the right relationships + the perfect appearance = happiness. “God Wants You to be Happy”

1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. “God Wants You to be Happy”

III. GOD WANTS YOU TO BE BLESSED “God Wants You to be Happy”

III. GOD WANTS YOU TO BE BLESSED Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart. “God Wants You to be Happy”

III. GOD WANTS YOU TO BE BLESSED Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 97:12 Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones, And give thanks to His holy name. “God Wants You to be Happy”