Happy persons seldom think of happiness. They are too busy losing their lives in the meaningful sacrifices of service.
David Augsburger
I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.
Psalm 119:125
The New International Version
As rare as true love is, true friendship is still rarer.
François de La Rochefoucauld
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Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is a happening-with-God.
David Augsburger
“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever. Take heed now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.”
1 Chronicles 28:9-10
The Revised Standard Version
How goodness heightens beauty!
Hannah More
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A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.
Thomas Merton
The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 15:33
The English Standard Version
The important thing is not to think much, but to love much, and so to do what best awakens us to love.
Teresa of Ávila
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God’s seed will come to God’s harvest.
Samuel Rutherford
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:5-6
The New King James Version
Happiness is the practice of the virtues.
Clement of Alexandria
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But how shall we rest in God? By giving ourselves wholly to Him. If you give yourself by halves, you cannot find full rest—there will ever be a lurking disquiet in that half which is withheld…All peace and happiness in this world depend upon unreserved self-oblation to God. If this be hearty and entire, the result will be an unfailing, ever-increasing happiness, which nothing can disturb. There is no real happiness in this life save that which is the result of a peaceful heart.
Jean Nicolas Grou
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 3:4-7
The English Standard Version
No roadway of life is too dark to travel if the star of faith lights the way.
Unknown
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Nothing is small or great in God’s sight; whatever He wills becomes great to us, however trifling, and if once the voice of conscience tells us that He requires anything of us, we have no right to measure its importance.
Jean Nicolas Grou
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7
The New King James Version
Searching for true happiness in the context of a godless life is like looking for a needle in a haystack that doesn’t have any.
W. T. Purkiser
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Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.
Oswald Chambers
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Philippians 4:13
The King James Version
God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
C. S. Lewis
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Happiness is neither within us only, or without us; it is the union of ourselves with God.
Blaise Pascal
Yes, all have sinned; all fall short of God’s glorious ideal; yet now God declares us “not guilty” of offending him if we trust in Jesus Christ, who in his kindness freely takes away our sins.
Romans 3:23-24
The Living Bible
It is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelet in the pan for the love of God.
Brother Lawrence
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When Jesus Christ utters a word, He opens His mouth so wide that it embraces all heaven and earth, even though that Word be but in a whisper. The word of the emperor is powerful, but that of Jesus Christ governs the whole universe.
Martin Luther
“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own. As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right. But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”
1 Samuel 12:20-25
The New International Version
Happiness grows at your own fireside, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.
Unknown
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Without God, life is a monotonous repetition of weeks, months, seasons, years, decades, and generations.
Charles Swindoll
“For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”
Mark 9:41
The New King James Version
Happiness without reason is the ultimate freedom.
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