The secret of happiness

There is a secret to cooking delicious dishes. In addition to good recipes, there must also be a person who can cook them. In a certain aspect, it is similar to cooking to be happy. Happiness does not depend on a specific factor, but on various aspects of life, including work, entertainment, gathering with friends and friends, and spiritual activities. However, some insignificant factors, such as people's mentality, desires, and goals, also affect people's happiness.

So what is the secret of happiness? Fortunately, we don't have to explore it on our own. Because the Creator has passed a book to express the secret of happiness to us. This wonderful book is the Bible. The book and part of the scriptures of the Bible have now been translated into 2377 languages and dialects. No other books in the world can compare with the Bible.

The Bible is widely marketed, which shows that God cares about all nations and hopes for happiness and spiritual fulfillment. (The acts are carried out at, 35;, 27) and God says, "I ...... Teach you how to benefit you ". He promised that if we pay attention to his commandments, we will enjoy peace and peace will be "more like a river ". (ISA 48: 17,18)

This promise of God reminds us of the words of Jesus mentioned in the previous article: "Blessed are those who consciously have spiritual needs ". (Matthew 5: 3) This sentence refers to the spiritual things that humans need, not the superficial devout actions, but the spiritual things that can affect our lives, let us be happy to follow God's instructions and accept his teachings because we know him better than ourselves. Herl has been studying the Bible for more than 50 years. "I believe that the Bible is from God, because practice of the Bible principles always produces good results," he said !" Let's look at the Bible's excellent advice on money and entertainment.

Guide people to correct opinions on money

Jesus once said, "no matter how rich a person is, his life is not in his possession ". (Luga) especially in the eyes of God, whether you have value in your life does not depend on how much your bank deposits are. In fact, the pursuit of wealth is often worrying, so that the joy of life is lost, but also makes people have no time to take care of some more important things. (Ma; timoad)

Richard ion, a psychology professor in the United States, believes that the more people want to get satisfaction from material, the more difficult it is to get satisfaction. The author of the Bible, Solomon, said: "Those who are greedy for money are always unsatisfied; those who envy wealth cannot get everything they need ." (Preaching book, translated as "now") This is like a person who is stabbed by a mosquito. The more he catches the affected area, the more itchy he is. The result is that he captures the wound.

The Bible encourages people to work diligently and enjoy the fruits of hard work. (Preaching books, 13) in this way, we can live with dignity, which is a major factor in happiness and happiness. In addition, we can also make some good entertainment in our lives, which is also a pleasant thing. However, spending some money to enjoy it occasionally is different from pursuing wealth as the goal of life.

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Focusing on spiritual matters in our lives can also fully benefit us from activities such as entertainment. Think about Jesus, although he is happy to attend some happy occasions and enjoy the wine and food, but he does not think that the pursuit of entertainment is the only way to seek happiness. (Luga; John-10) on the contrary, for Jesus, the happiest thing in life is to pursue spiritual things, including helping people to understand God and God's will for mankind. (John 4: 34)

King Solomon wants to verify whether the pursuit of happiness is the secret of happiness. So he enjoyed his life. Please note that the king of the rich Jia world is not just a casual entertainment, but a pleasure! How does he feel later? He said, "This is also empty ". (Preaching book 2:1)

Emptiness, loneliness, and lack of meaning-this is often the feeling of a person pursuing pleasure. Researchers once investigated and compared the pursuit of pleasure with meaningful work, participation in religious activities, and family composition. They concluded from the people they surveyed that those who pursue pleasure have the least happiness.

Be generous and express your gratitude

Happy people do not care about themselves. They are usually generous and concerned about the interests of others. Jesus said, "giving is happier than accepting ". (Acts:) in addition to material generosity, we can also give time and energy to others. The average person, especially our family members, may be more appreciative of spiritual efforts. Therefore, couples need to spend time with each other to ensure strong and happy marriage. Parents should spend enough time with their children, talk to them, express their love, and teach them. If the family members are willing to give and give, they will be happier. In this way, the family will naturally become a nest.

On the other hand, if someone gives you time and energy or is generous to you in other ways, do you have"Show gratitude"What about it? (Gloria:) Think about it. If someone expresses sincere thanks for what you have done, you will be very happy. Right? Therefore, remember this Bible principle. In this way, you can have good interpersonal relationships and be happier.

In fact, when we express our gratitude to people, we will remind ourselves that we should cherish the blessings we enjoy. At the University of California in Riverside, a researcher made an experiment and asked the participants to make a "record of gratitude" to record the daily Thanksgiving events. As expected, people who participate in the lab will feel more satisfied with their lives six weeks later.

What have we learned from this experiment? That is, you must learn to calculate your score regardless of your situation. The Bible also encourages you to do this and says, "Always be happy ,...... Thank you for everything ." () To do so, we must make efforts to think about our blessings. Why not start now?

Love and hope-elements of happiness

From the ground to the end of life, people need love. In this case, it is not false. Once there is no love, people will be depressed and lose the motivation of life. So what is love? Although today's people are vague about what love is, the Bible uses beautiful strokes to describe love: "Love is patient, kind and kind. Love is not jealous, do not boast, do not arrogant, do not ignore the rules, do not seek your own interests, do not anger easily, do not care about the harm that others add, do not rejoice because of injustice, happy because of truth. Love can tolerate everything, believe everything, Hope everything, and patience everything ." (From to 8)

Love "does not seek your own interests" always takes the happiness of others first. How selfless love! Unfortunately, fewer people are willing to show this kind of love. With regard to the end of this system, Jesus pointed out in his predictions that "the love of most people will be cold ". (Matthew, 12; Matthew 3-5)

The current situation has indeed brought humiliation to the dominance of creation of all things. But God is the embodiment of love, and he will never let this situation continue forever. (John) soon, God will destroy all greedy and hateful people from the ground. Those who strive to cultivate love for this character, God will save their lives. Then the whole earth will be filled with peace and happiness. The following Bible promises will surely be fulfilled: "For a moment, the wicked will no longer exist. You cannot find him wherever you go. Those who are modest must have peace and joy in the earth ." (POEMS 37)

Can you imagine that every day is filled with joy and joy? It is no wonder that the Bible says, "Be happy in hope ". (Rome) God gives a wonderful hope to those who obey him.