Introduction : Most people just live an ordinary life. Some people say their life is full of pain and do not have the desire to live. Only a few people say they have a happy life. But if we take a closer look, all of us can learn to live and enjoy a happy life.
1. Discovering the meaning of life and purpose 1) Since Adam´s fall, human beings have: (1) Lost their hometown of life - Eden (Isa 1:4) (2) Lost the way to Eden (Jer 17:5) (3) Lost themselves and life (Jas 4:14) - must recover the lost hometown, the way and our identity in order to have happiness in our heart. 2) God who seeks human beings ○ Through the redemption of Jesus (Isa 56:6) (1) We find the bosom of God who is our hometown (Jn 1:12) (2) We find the way to God (the Fivefold Gospel) (Jn 14:6, Eph 3:12) (3) We find our lost identity (1Pe 2:9) - Acquiring the meaning of life, which is to serve God, the value of life, which is to serve Jesus, the purpose of life, which is to gain heaven (Jn 6:40, 14:3)
2. A humble heart that has thrown away greed 1) Greed and failure (1) Adam´s greed and failure (Jas 1:14~15) (2) David´s greed and failure - committing adultery with Uriah´s wife (2Sa 12:10, 14) 2) Living in God´s grace (Mt 6:24-33)
3. Keeping good human relationships 1) Family relationships (1) God created Adam and Eve - the relationship between husband and wife (Ge 2:24, Eph 5:33) (2) The relationship between parents and children (Eph 6:1-4) (3) The relationship with brothers and sisters (Pr 17:17) (4) The relationship with neighbors (Ro 15:2) 2) For good human relationships (1) Always try to understand the other person (1Pe 3:8) (2) Always share joy and sorrow (Ro 12:15) (3) Be patient (Ro 15:5, Eph 4:2-3) (4) Must love - with forgiveness and reconciliation (Lk 6:36-37, Gal 5:13-14)
4. Thanksgiving and maintaining health 1) Enjoy your health - it is miserable when health is lost (Ps 6:2, 103:2-3) 2) Invest in your health (1) A joyful mind with peace (Pr 17:22, Ps 16:11) (2) A healthy diet (1Co 10:31) (3) Exercise (1Co 6:19-20) 3) God´s hospital and the world´s hospital (1) Be admitted with faith to God´s hospital - God is the doctor; Jesus is the medicine (Ex 15:26, 1Pe 2:24) (2) With no such knowledge or faith, we have to depend on the world´s hospital
Conclusion : If we will satisfactorily control these four conditions, it is possible to have simple happiness in life.
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