The Happy God
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The Happy God
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Author : Clarence W Fell III
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-25
The Happy God written by Clarence W Fell III and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-25 with categories.
Excerpts from the book...... The way you see God has filtered down to you through 2000 years of bible teaching and many other sources. Your concept of God is influenced by your culture and the congregation you grew up in. Your concept is also influenced by the way your parents talked to you about God. If your parents used God to threaten and manipulate you, then you are likely uncomfortable thinking about God. You might imagine Him as a big scary bully that you should avoid. ... ... John tells us something mystical and deep about God. John doesn't merely tell us that God loves us, but that God IS LOVE. His very essence is love. Unfortunately, some people see God as stern and austere. He doesn't laugh. He is not very happy. He never has any fun and rarely, if ever, smiles. He mostly sits in heaven growling, somber, keeping a critical eye on each of us. He always has His ink pen in hand ready to write down any mistake we might make. ... ... Read the lyrics of the first verse of My God and I and notice how you feel. Do the lyrics ring totally true, or a little awkward, or completely awkward? My God and I go in the fields togetherWe walk and talk as good friends should and doWe clasp our hands, our voices ring with laughterMy God and I go thru the meadow's hueWe claps our hands, our voices right with laughter, My God and I walk thru the meadow's hueI hope the lyrics were in complete harmony with your heart. I hope you are one of those people that see God as a loving, nurturing, and caring fathers. I believe that when we see God as happy, loving, and nurturing, then new possibilities and joys open for us. But, if you felt some degree of awkwardness, then read on and discover what the Bible reveals about your Father. ... ... The Old Testament represents God's joy in a way that embarrasses some people. Isaiah depicts God's joy as a bridegroom rejoicing over his bride. In modern language, that's honeymoon language. I will not paint the details for you. Simply remember the joy, happiness, and excitement of your wedding day; and that's a biblical picture of God's love for you. Wow! Let that soak in a minute. ... ... The imagery of the bride in these verses is not one of businesslike formality, but of joyful oneness and intimacy. The husband and bride become one. The very personal and intimate things that you and I understand about marriage are just the tip of the iceberg. ... ... You and I are merely little children compared to eternal God. Yes, I know that you are all grown up with serious responsibilities and obligations. Compared to other humans, you are an adult, but compared to the eternal God you and I are little more than youngsters at play. As long as we play fair, we can run to Him without fear, hop up on His knee, feel His hair, tug at His beard, and experience eternal love that defies description. ... ... I'm sure that some people will feel that I'm being irreverent in saying that God threw a party with the angels, but that is very close to what Jesus said, except the parties in heaven are much better than any party we can have here on earth. No one can throw a party like God can throw a party.
The Pleasures Of God
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Author : John Piper
language : en
Publisher: Multnomah
Release Date : 2012-01-17
The Pleasures Of God written by John Piper and has been published by Multnomah this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-17 with Religion categories.
The author of Desiring God reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Includes a study guide for individual and small-group use. Isn’t it true—we really don’t know someone until we understand what makes that person happy? And so it is with God! What does bring delight to the happiest Being in the universe? John Piper writes, that it’s only when we know what makes God glad that we’ll know the greatness of His glory. Therefore, we must comprehend “the pleasures of God.” Unlike so much of what is written today, this is not a book about us. It is about the One we were made for—God Himself. In this theological masterpiece—chosen by World Magazine as one of the 20th Century’s top 100 books, John Piper reveals the biblical evidence to help us see and savor what the pleasures of God show us about Him. Then we will be able to drink deeply—and satisfyingly—from the only well that offers living water. What followers of Jesus need now, more than anything else, is to know and love—behold and embrace—the great, glorious, sovereign, happy God of the Bible. “This is a unique and precious book that everybody should read more than once.” —J.I. PACKER, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia
The Year Of Living Happy
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Author : Alli Worthington
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan
Release Date : 2018-10-02
The Year Of Living Happy written by Alli Worthington and has been published by Zondervan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Self-Help categories.
Take a daily step toward joy and contentment and ditch stress, overwhelming thoughts, and boredom with encouraging and biblical messages from Alli Worthington. You do your best to live life well—you work hard to be present in the moment, take care of the people in your life, knock it out of the park at work and home. And yet, somehow, you still have days (perhaps more than you'd like to admit) where you're simultaneously stressed and bored, and you wonder if you even know how to be happy. Is happiness a worthy goal? Does happiness matter to God, or does He only care about holier things? Alli Worthington gets it. As a wife, mother of five boys, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, she knows a thing or two about being busy, stressed, and happy in the midst of a crazy world! Over the years, she's seen how happiness gets a bad rap in Christian circles, and now she is standing up to shout the good news from the roof (or the internet, as the case may be): You are allowed to be happy! Yes, you! You can be happy right now! Join Alli for The Year of Living Happy: Finding Contentment and Connection in a Crazy World, and find the roots of your happiest life yet. Each of the 100 short and inspirational entries includes a thoughtful message from Alli, based on God’s Word practical ways to make your life happier day by day a journaling section This gorgeous book is an empowering gift for yourself or any woman you love. It can be used as a daily devotional or as a guided journal. Be part of this exciting message: Happiness and holiness can coexist for a beautiful life. Don’t miss the great big adventure God has for you. Let this be The Year of Living Happy!
Happiness
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Author : Randy Alcorn
language : en
Publisher: NavPress
Release Date : 2015-09-17
Happiness written by Randy Alcorn and has been published by NavPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-17 with Religion categories.
Do you ever wonder whether God even cares if we’re happy? This world can be so hard, and we aren’t promised an easy road. But that’s not the whole story. The Bible is filled with verses that prove that ours is a God who not only loves celebrations but also desperately wants his children to experience happiness. Why else would he go to the lengths he did to ensure our eternal happiness in his presence? We know that we will experience unimaginable joy and happiness in heaven, but that doesn’t mean we can’t also experience joy and happiness here on earth. In Happiness, noted theologian Randy Alcorn (bestselling author of Heaven) dispels centuries of misconceptions about happiness, including downright harmful ideas like the prosperity gospel, and provides indisputable proof that God not only wants us to be happy, he commands it. Randy covers questions like: How can I cultivate happiness in my life? What’s the difference between joy and happiness? Can good things become idols that steal our happiness? Is seeking happiness selfish? How can I achieve happiness through gratitude? What does it look like to receive God’s grace? The most definitive study on the subject of happiness to date, this book is a paradigm-shifting wake-up call for the church and Christians everywhere.
God S Promise Of Happiness
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Author : Randy Alcorn
language : en
Publisher: NavPress
Release Date : 2015-10-01
God S Promise Of Happiness written by Randy Alcorn and has been published by NavPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-01 with Religion categories.
Think God doesn’t want you to be happy? Think again. We know that we will experience unimaginable joy and happiness in Heaven, but that doesn’t mean we can’t also experience joy and happiness here on earth. In God’s Promise of Happiness, bestselling author and noted theologian Randy Alcorn shares select passages and scripture from his latest hardcover release, Happiness, that provide insight, wisdom, and proof positive that God not only wants us to be happy, he commands it!
Does God Want Us To Be Happy
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Author : Randy Alcorn
language : en
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2019
Does God Want Us To Be Happy written by Randy Alcorn and has been published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Religion categories.
Noted theologian Randy Alcorn dispels centuries of misconceptions about happiness and provides wisdom, insight, and scriptural proof that God not only wants us to be happy, He commands it!
Is God Happy
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Author : Leszek Kolakowski
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2013-02-05
Is God Happy written by Leszek Kolakowski and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-05 with Religion categories.
The late Leszek Kolakowski was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. A prominent anticommunist writer, Kolakowski was also a deeply humanistic thinker, and his meditations on society, religion, morality, and culture stand alongside his political writings as commentaries on intellectual—and everyday—life in the twentieth century. Kolakowski’s extraordinary empathy, humor, and erudition are on full display in Is God Happy?, the first collection of his work to be published since his death in 2009. Accessible and wide ranging, these essays—many of them translated into English for the first time—testify to the remarkable scope of Kolakowski’s work. From a provocative and deeply felt critique of Marxist ideology to the witty and self-effacing “In Praise of Unpunctuality” to a rigorous analysis of Erasmus’ model of Christianity and the future of religion, these essays distill Kolakowski’s lifelong engagement with the eternal problems of philosophy and some of the most vital questions of our age.
The Happy Gospel
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Author : Benjamin Dunn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12
The Happy Gospel written by Benjamin Dunn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12 with categories.
Benjamin Dunn's first book of theology, prose and an imagery of a Smiling God.
Happiness
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Author : Concordia Publishing House
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-04
Happiness written by Concordia Publishing House and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-04 with Religion categories.
In this session we will explore ways in which the world defines happiness. We will think through the clues that our words and actions give about our personal beliefs regarding happiness and how we hope to attain it. We will search God's Word for what He says about happiness and how to receive it.
In The Hands Of A Happy God
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Author : Howard Dorgan
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 1997
In The Hands Of A Happy God written by Howard Dorgan and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
The investigation of Primitive Baptist Universalists -- Calvinist 'No-Hellers, ' which sounds for all the world like an oxymoron -- requires the exact type of seasoned and comprehensive field experience which Dorgan has brought to it with meticulous care and insight. -- Deborah Vansau McCauley, author of Appalachian Mountain ReligionAmong the many forms of religious practice found in the ridges and hollows of Central Appalachia, one of the most intriguing -- and least understood -- is that of the Primitive Baptist Universalists (PBUs). Popularly known as the No-Hellers, this small Baptist sub-denomination rejects the notion of an angry God bent on punishment and retribution and instead embraces the concept of a happy God who consigns no one to eternal damnation. This book is the first in-depth study of the PBUs and their beliefs.As Howard Dorgan points out, the designation No-Heller is something of a misnomer. Primitive Baptist Universalists, he notes, believe in hell -- but they see it as something that exists in this life, in the temporal world, rather than in an afterlife. For a PBU, sinfulness is the given state of natural man, and hell a reality of earthly life -- the absence-from-God's-blessing torment that sin generates. PBUs further believe that, at the moment of Resurrection, all temporal existence will end as all human-kind joins in a wholly egalitarian heaven, the culmination of Christ's universal atonement.In researching this book, Dorgan spent considerable time with PBU congregations, interviewing their members and observing their emotionally charged and joyous worship services. He deftly combines lucid descriptions of PBU beliefs with richly texturedvignettes portraying the people and how they live their faith on a daily basis. He also explores a fascinating possibility concerning PBU origins: that a strain of early- nineteenth-century American Universalism reached the mountains of Appalachia and there fused with Primitive Baptist theology to form this subdenomination, which barely exists outside a handful of counties in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia.Like Dorgan's earlier books, In the Hands of a Happy God offers an insightful blend of ethnography, history, and theological analysis that will appeal to both Appalachian scholars and all students of American religion.