Part 4: God Just Wants Me to be Happy

MYTHBUSTERS

PART 4

WHAT GOD WANTS FOR YOU:

“This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:3-4 (NIV)

1.  Salvation

• God’s desires for you have eternal significance.

“Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?’” Matthew 16:24-26 (NIV)

2.  Holiness

• Become more like Jesus even at cost to yourself.

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in Us so that the world may believe that You have sent Me.  I have given them the glory that You gave Me, that they may be one as We are one—I in them and You in Me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me. Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, and to see My glory, the glory You have given Me because You loved Me before the creation of the world.” John 17:20-24 (NIV)

3.  Relationship

• Be with God and other believers in this life and eternal life.

“What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” Matthew 16:26 (NIV)

• Don’t exchange an eternity with Jesus for a lifetime of happiness.

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS: 

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This Week’s Reading Plan and Blog/Podcast:

• YouVersion® Bible App Reading Plan:
  “Lies I Believe Part 1: God Just Wants Me to Be Happy” (5 Days)

• Blog and Podcast: “Happiness or Joy”