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Happiness or Holiness?

July 5, 2012 by Tim Sherfy

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I am often dismayed by preachers who teach that God wants you to be happy. This places the emphasis on us rather than on God. Life is not about you or me; it is only about our awesome creator God. He does not call us to happiness, but rather to holiness.  It is through holiness that love is perfected. Perfected love brings uncontainable joy into our lives. This joy is the result of communion with our Father, nothing more and nothing less. It is not happiness we should be seeking. Instead we must long for the joy that comes from living in authentic relationship with our Savior and Lord.

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Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: Discipleship, I Samuel, Matthew, priorities, Proverbs

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