so anyway the pastor was speaking about happiness today. interesting. wat caught me was this: happiness doesn't come from the outside (like ppl acknowledging wat u've done), n neither does it come from the inside, but it comes from God, and we've gotta grasp hold of this happiness that God gave us through salvation in Jesus Christ. Sounds like "duh" rite, but i guess i've forgotten that...
3 main points in his message [read Matthew 5]:
1) real happiness is knowing that the TRUTH is more real than the facts - the facts of our life may be that times are bad, or we're poor, or we're ill, or our relationships r in a mess. but in the midst of the facts of our life, we have joy in the TRUTH of God.
2) real happiness is knowing there is a new day after the night - we may feel like we're in the darkness of night now, but persevere, and know that God will bring the light of day.
3) real happiness is...
oops i can't rmb that now, so paisei. was so sure i'd rmb them all tt i didn't write the points down. once i rmb i'll edit e post. haha...
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