THE CROSS

“One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and

Luke 9:18-20

Intr.:

A.  he asked them, ‘Who do people say I am?’

‘Well’, they replied,

1.  ‘some say John the Baptist,

2.  some say Elijah, and

3.  others say you are one of the other ancient prophets risen from the dead.’

B.  Then he asked them, ‘But who do you say I am?’

Peter replied,

‘You are the Messiah sent from God.'”

End:

“CONNECTIONS KEY TO BEING HAPPY: EXPERT,” is the article in the NORTHERN ADVOCATE (Tuesday, September 17, 2013) called.

THE KEY

In the article I am reading about family connections and community connections, about meaningful family and community connections. It says also that the connections are the key to being happy.

Being happy is being pleased, being fortunate. Being happy means feeling and causing joy or gladness.

If meaningful family and community connections are causing joy or gladness already, let us think about the joy, the gladness that is ours, when we enter into a meaningful connection with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

We need the connection with other people, but most of all we need the connection with God.