“In a recent global survey of people’s greatest wants, happiness was number one, ahead of love and health, with money coming fourth – …..” (ALIVE magazine , Issue 8-2011, page 57, The article is called APPRECIATE THE MOMENT by Lindsey Dawson)
1. Happiness
When I am thinking about happiness, THE BEATITUDES are coming to my mind. The eight Beatitudes are starting with “‘God blesses…..'” in most translations of the Bible. (NLT and NIV)
But read THE BEATITUDES in THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE and you will find that it says in Matthew 5:3
“Blessed –
happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous
[that is, with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favour and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions] –
