MarriageandFamily:The Missing Dimension

MarriageandFamily:The Missing Dimension

idea

 People and things should conform to your

idea of the way the world should work. If they

don’t, they’re wrong and bad.

Jesus performed miracles and signs

Jesus performed miracles and signs

You must not fail at anything important or something terrible will happen.

 You must not fail at anything important or

something terrible will happen.

Solomon, king of Israel

Solomon, king of Israel

examine your thoughts

Any time you catch yourself feeling down,

examine your thoughts. Ask yourself: what am

I thinking? Is it really true? Do I know for

certain? Is there another way I could look at

this that’s also true but less painful?

Christ.

Christ.

Happiness Tool : Defeating Faulty Thinking

Happiness Tool : Defeating

Faulty Thinking

Jesus’ Teaching on God’s Law

Jesus’ Teaching on God’s Law

Happiness Tool : Optimism

Happiness Tool : Optimism

All will be fulfilled

All will be fulfilled

grateful for

As you focus on things you’re grateful for,

listing them becomes easier because you’re

training your brain to notice them.

Mount is that

Mount is that—because His preaching was so different from that of the

Pharisees and Sadducees—some people believed His intention was to

subvert the authority of God’s Word and substitute His own in its place.

But His real intention was to demonstrate that many of the things the

grateful

be grateful for helps you notice the good in

your life. Within a few days of starting this

habit, you will notice that it gets a lot easier to

think of five things to be grateful for, and

pretty soon you’ll be overflowing your list. I

like to insist on a minimum of five things but

keep going for as long as I feel like listing

things.

God-designed

God-designed

Happiness Tool : Gratitude

Happiness Tool : Gratitude

the church.

the church.

How to Get It?

How to Get It?

Even So, Come, Lord Jesus!’

Even So, Come, Lord Jesus!’

How Happiness Does Work

 How Happiness Does Work

How Happiness Does Work

The ability to be happy comes from the

neocortex, the higher brain that is the site of

reason, intellect, long-term memory, and the

human spirit. This is the part of the brain that

has the power to override the fear centers in

the brain stem and amygdala and say, “no,

calm down, everything is ok.” It has the keys

to becoming happy.

The way we’re wired, it’s impossible to

concentrate on fear and love at the same time.

They’re incompatible. So by using the

neocortex to focus on love, we can override the

fear messages of the lower brain. Specifically,

by focusing on appreciation, generosity,

personal choice, and simply doing things that

are meaningful, we can make ourselves happy.

Not a bogus facade of pretend happiness

where we go around acting happy even though

we’re not—real, true happiness.

    Luckily, we don’t have let them

rule our lives—we have other brain parts that

can override them

massage

massge

The preceding passage from Hebrews quotes from Proverbs 3:11-12,

comparing God’s correction of us as His children to human parents

disciplining their children out of love and concern for them.

These verses teach us several vital principles regarding discipline.

But why is fear such a huge part of our lives?

But why is fear such a huge part of our lives?

DOES BIBLE CINTAIN ERRORS?..

DOES BIBLE CINTAIN ERRORS?..

fear

But why is fear such a huge part of our lives?

By world standards, we are incredibly well off,

so why are we still afraid of not having

enough? And we were obviously good enough

to get as far as we are, so why are we still

afraid of not being enough? Where does all this

fear come from?

Did Jesus Christ ReallySay That?

Did Jesus Christ ReallySay That?

The real cause of unhappiness

The real cause of

unhappiness

Bringing Up a Moral Child

Bringing Up a Moral Child

happy

If this all sounds too hard, just try it for a week

and see if you feel more peaceful and content.

It’s much easier to be happy without all those

negative messages.

Is the Bible True?

Is the Bible True?

Does the Bible Contain Errors?

Does the Bible Contain Errors?

the advertisers’ goal

Meanwhile, the advertisers’ goal is to get you

to buy products.

Alive Again Today and Forever

Alive Again Today and Forever

God islove,

“God islove,”

bogus affirmations

a lot of bogus affirmations that you know

aren’t true. Any philosophy that requires you

to deny reality is a false path.

Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God

Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God

Circumstances are not what makes us happy or unhappy.

Circumstances are not what makes us happy

or unhappy.

Christ is the author

Christ is the author

We’ve all heard that money can’t buy happiness?

We’ve all heard that money can’t buy

happiness, but most people don’t really believe

it.

A Foretaste of Tomorrow

A Foretaste of Tomorrow

“Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife?

“Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife?

Why are so many people unhappy?

Why are so many people unhappy? It’s actually

pretty simple. The thing that keeps most

people from being happy is fear.

God’s Instruction for Marriage

God’s Instruction  for Marriage

How Happiness Works

How Happiness Works

Marriage and Family

Marriage

and

Family:

money

In short, a lot of people believe that if you’re

happy, you’re doing it wrong.

do not enjoy sex when they are married.

do not enjoy sex when they

are

married.

Is it really ok to be happy?

Introduction: Is it really okto be happy?

Leave one’s father and mother

Leave one’s father and mother

Preface: Who am I to tell you anything

Preface: Who am I to tell you

anything?

The account of the first marriage is recorded in Genesis

The account of the first marriage is recorded in Genesis

money

On top of that, studies have shown that faked

positivity is every bit as stressful and

dangerous for your body, particularly your

cardiovascular system, as anger.35 So stop!

Unless you can do something out of a true

desire to do it, with a heart full of love, don’t

do it.

money

The mom who stays home to

unschool her kids, the man who

loves bowling with his friends and

is openly gay, the raw foodist who

has a home garden and invites

her friends over for dinner, the

former priest who tells his friends

about his journey away from

religion and toward spirituality

- all of these people are worldchangers.

They’re opting out

of control paradigm systems.

They’re living their lives openly,

authentically, and in alignment

with their hearts.

Practice having a strong opinion.

 Practice having a strong

opinion.

Jesus Fulfilled the Law

 Jesus Fulfilled the Law

money

When looking for things to cut, some prime

areas are meetings, web surfing, email, and

television. These four activities are huge time

wasters for many people. A more systematic

approach is what I call the to-quit list.

Jesus and the Sabbath

Jesus and the Sabbath

Overcoming obstacles to balance

Overcoming obstacles to balance

murder—including unjust anger and contemptuous

murder—including unjust anger and contemptuous

Relationships

Relationships

What Was Jesus’ Gospel?

What Was Jesus’ Gospel?

Happiness Tool : Balance

Happiness Tool : Balance

Is the Bible True?

true gift

Giving true gifts requires a certain amount of

strength. If you dwell in fear, you don’t have

love to give. Keep shifting yourself from the

fear mode to love by practicing gratitude and

the other exercises mentioned above