How to Be Happier (Matthew 7:24-29)
Gary McManus, 05/05/2019Part of the God's Word is Life series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
How to be happier
God’s Word Matthew 7:24-29
Pastor read two articles recently. . .
Some of you saw one of these articles. . .
Church attendance / religious affiliation
--Christians / nominal Christians/
or ANY religion!
One person in three in the U.S. claims
NO religious affiliation.
And the other news item. . .
Pastor puts two and two together.
Americans take little interest in the
things of GOD
and Americans are more angry and
frustrated than ever!
Go ahead and “google” a simple question
like “how can I be happy” or how can I be happier?
What did our Jesus say. . . Matthew 16:25:
. . .
Jesus didn’t skip church so why do we think
it is a good idea?
If one believes that Jesus was a great teacher,
then hear the teacher’s words!
Or learn from a group that does (a Jesus church).
And. . .
Jesus was not just a teacher. . .
Jesus was a leader. . .”FOLLOW ME.”
FOLLOW ME! Imitate me
—the Apostle Paul said the same thing. . .
(1 Corinthians 4:16, 11:1, Philippians 4:9,
Also 2 Thessalonians 3:7, 3:9 )
We sing “seek first the Kingdom of God”
(Matthew 7:7).
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness, . . .and Jesus added,
for they will be filled.
One version puts it this way:
“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do
what God requires; God will satisfy them fully!”
Our Bible verse for the day is Mathew 7:26.
--Jesus stresses the hearing and the doing of
MY WORDS.
MY WORDS = the Sermon on the Mount. . .
Matthew’s Gospel book focused on Jesus as
teacher. Matthew; “teacher” 23 times.
But even studying Jesus’ words is not sufficient.
Doing Jesus’ words brings God glory.
Mathew 7:26: ever have house foundation
problems?
SEEK FIRST the KINGDOM of GOD. . .
--Jesus, Matthew 6:23
Afraid to do what God wants?
DCC Vacation Bible School: “doing what God wants
you to do will always be the best for you.” Amen.
https://religionnews.com/2019/04/18/
gallup-number-of-americans-who-belong-to-a-church-or-house-of-worship-plummets/
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/21/18275796/
happiness-report-usa-ranking-2019
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