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Daily Devotional

7/31 - Mike Jones

What does it take to make you happy? A decent job? Enough money to pay the bills? A week in the Bahamas? Good health? A good relationship? A piece of dense, moist chocolate cake? What works for you?

Making enough money to pay the bills doesn't necessarily make for happiness. Neither does intelligence, prestige, or sunny weather. According to researchers, good looks help, but only marginally.

Those who research such matters have found several factors that do affect our happiness. They tell us that a strong marriage, family ties, friendships, spirituality, and a healthy self-esteem play a powerful role in determining how happy we are. They also say that having hope is critical along with the feeling that life has meaning. Do you feel like your life has meaning? Do you have hope?

Invite God into your life every day before you do anything else, and you will be a much happier person. Jesus said, "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness" (Matthew 6:33). And Christian author Ellen White wrote:

If you will seek the Lord and be converted every day, if you will be free and joyous in God; if [in answer to] His gracious call you come wearing the yoke of Christ - the yoke of obedience and service - all your murmurings will be stilled, all your difficulties will be removed, all the perplexing problems that now confront you will be solved (Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, p. 101).

The Bible puts it this way: "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart" (Psalm 37:4).


From Sometimes I Don't Feel Like Praying by Mike Jones, p 67

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