Cultural Belief: God wants me happy

Psalm 97:12

Theology of Happiness

1. Whatever makes me

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   must be right. Whatever makes me
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   must be wrong.

2. If something isn’t going

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   , it isn’t God
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   in my life.

3. Without knowing, I begin to

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   the false gods of comfort, money, pleasure, and things.

Problem: When we believe that God wants us happy, we are forced to believe that God exists to

Truth: God does not exist to serve us. We exist to

Zephaniah 3:17
Psalm 147:11

God does not want you to pursue

God does not just want you happy

When it causes you to do something

Proverbs 16:25
1 Peter 1:15

When it is only based on the things of this

1 John 2:15-17

John 16:33

James 1:2-4

Psalm 37:4

Psalm 97:12
May all who are godly be happy in the Lord and crown him, our Holy God.