Philippians Series Guide • • • • • Don’t Look For Happiness. Create It Happiness Isn’t a Goal. It’s a Result Your Habits Create Your Happiness Happiness Based on Happenings is Temporary Happy Habits are as Addicting as Bad Habits Jim Wright “I am so much better off physically, financially, mentally, and in almost every way.” Moresse Bickham Moresse Bickham “I don’t have one minute’s regret. It was a glorious experience.” Harry S. Langerman “I believe it turned out for the best.” Pete Best “I’m happier than I would have been with the Beatles.” Four Secrets of Happiness 1. Acquire wealth, power, and prestige. Then lose it. 2. Spend as much of your life in prison as you possibly can. 3. Make someone else really, really rich. 4. Never ever join a rock band. Grow Healthy Relationships Summer of Happiness (Philippians) To Be Happy, Be Grateful For the People in Your Life Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. Philippians 1:3 (NIV) I thank God for the help you gave me ... Philippians 1:5 (NCV) To Be Happy, Pray With Joy for the People in Your Life I always pray for you, and I make my requests with a heart full of joy, Philippians 1:4 (NLT) And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-11 (NLT) To Be Happy, Expect the Best from People in Your Life I am confident of this, that God who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 (NIV) It is right for me to feel this way about all of you since I have you in my heart. Philippians 1:7 (NIV) To Be Happy, Love the People In Your Life Like Jesus Does God is my witness that I tell the truth when I say that my deep love for you all comes from the HEART of Christ Jesus himself.” Philippians 1:8 (TEV) Grow Healthy Relationships Summer of Happiness (Philippians)