The Happiness Habit

May 27/28, 2017

Arlene Pellicane

Message Outline: The Happiness Habit 

...I will turn their mourning into joy...and bring happiness out of grief. ~ Jeremiah 31:13 (HCSB)

So give your father and mother joy! May she who gave you birth be happy. ~ Proverbs 23:25 (NLT)

...the glory of the blessed God,... . ~ 1 Timothy 1:11 (NIV)

Though the fig tree does not bud   and there are no grapes on the vines,though the olive crop fails   and the fields produce no food,though there are no sheep in the pen   and no cattle in the stalls,yet I will rejoice in the LORD,   I will be joyful in God my Savior. ~ Habakkuk 3:17-18 (NIV)

“...may it be done to me according to your word.”... ~ Luke 1:38 (NASB)

“My soul exalts the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.” ~ Luke 1:46-47 (NASB)

HOPEFUL

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. ~ Psalm 42:5 (NIV)

ADAPTABLE

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ~ Philippians 4:12 (NIV)

POSITIVE

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: “How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites. So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me.’ “ ~ Numbers 14:26-29 (NIV)

PURPOSEFUL

YIELDED

Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. ... ~ Jonah 3:3 (NIV)

“...may it be done to me according to your word.” ... ~ Luke 1:38 (NASB)

Translation Key: 

• HCSB (Holman Christian Standard Bible) 

• NASB (New American Standard Bible) 

• NIV (New International Translation) 

• NLT (New Living Translation)

Notes:

http://eastlakechurch.com/next-steps/growth-groups/group-discussion-guides/#discussion-guides