Posts Tagged ‘II Corinthians 9:6-11’

II Cor. 9:6-11 and Matt. 6:1-6, 16-18

Yesterday one of the students in the class I am teaching this week raised the question of whether we should strive to be happy.  Is happiness something we should desire, something we should seek?  Is it selfish to want to be happy?

We live in a culture that constantly encourages us to seek our own happiness, and which bombards us with images of what happiness looks like.  Smiling, care-free people show us how happy we will be when we own this shiny new car, when we wear this expensive jewelry, when we visit this exotic vacation spot, when we try this new medication, when we open this refreshing can of soda! Read More