Psalm 45:7 (KJV)
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Did you hear about the man who fell into an upholstery machine?
He’s fully recovered.

“If you’re Happy notify your Face!” PB

Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

“Blessed means supremely happy or fulfilled.”

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ABCs of Happiness

I. A is for Attitude

Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy

“You can’t truly be Happy with a bad attitude but a good attitude is required to be truly Happy!” PB

“Joy is right on the Tip of Your Tongue!” PB

II. B is for Believing

Rom 10: 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you’ll be a winner.
Bear Bryant

“ The Cost of Losing is Greater than the Price of Winning!” PB

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
D. Elton Trueblood

“If you’re Happy notify your Face!” PB

III. C is for Character

Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
John Wooden

Here’s Real Character…

The night the Titanic sank in 1912 on April 14th, 1,528 people went into the frigid waters. John Harper, after putting his only daughter on a lifeboat, was seen swimming frantically to people in the water leading them to Jesus before the hypothermia became fatal. Rev. Harper swam up to one young man who had climbed up on a piece of debris. Rev. Harper asked him between breaths, “Are you saved?” The young man replied that he was not.

Harper then tried to lead him to Christ only to have the young man who was near shock, reply no. John Harper then took off his life jacket and threw it to the man and said “Here then, you need this more than I do…” and swam away to other people. A few minutes later Harper swam back to the young man and succeeded in leading him to salvation. Of the 1,528 people that went into the water that night, six were rescued by the lifeboats. One of them was this young man on the debris. Four years later, at a survivors meeting, this young man stood up and in tears recounted how John Harper had led him to Christ. Rev. Harper had tried to swim back to help other people, yet because of the intense cold, had grown too weak to swim. His last words before going under in the frigid waters were “Believe on the name of the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.” Does Hollywood remember this man? No. Oh well, no matter. This servant of God did what he had to do. While other people were trying to buy their way onto the lifeboats and were selfishly trying to save their own lives, John Harper gave up his life so that others could be saved.

John Harper knew what it meant to live life with urgency.

IV. Discipline

Luke 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

Discipline is the quality of being able to behave and work in a controlled way which involves obeying particular rules or standards.

Discipline not only helps us with creating a conscious attitude. It helps us train our mind and body, increasing our focus on our goals and regulates our emotions and helps to work against anxiety and depression.

Winning isn’t everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.
Bear Bryant

“Joy is right on the Tip of Your Tongue!” PB

Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most!
Abe Lincoln

Discipline is doing what needs to be done even when you don’t feel like it!

Never criticize someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them, you’ll be a mile away, and you’ll have their shoes.

V. Enthusiasm

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire!

A feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it.

Luke 14:34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out.

“Without enthusiasm life stinks!” PB

His enthusiasm more than compensates for his lack of experience.

Knowledge is power but enthusiasm pulls the switch!

Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm!

“Joy is right on the Tip of Your Tongue!” PB

Ps 144:15 …..happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

Ps 146: 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God!