“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner.” – Unknown

“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” – Isaiah 53:6

“Don’t instill, or allow anybody else to instill into the hearts of your girls the idea that marriage is the chief end of life, if you do, don’t be surprised if they are engaged to the first empty, useless fool they come across.” – William Booth

“he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.” – Isaiah 53:7

“Your Salvation Army has been made to accomplish the impossible, and conquer that which to human calculations cannot be overcome.” – William Booth

Are you seeking happiness?

Please remember that happiness is a by-product.

We must focus on something else.

Where do the seeds of happiness grow most strongly? The answer to that question is: The seeds of happiness grow most strongly in the soil of SERVICE!

Have you ever watched people who are doing things for others, washing or sowing? I have heard them singing while they are busy for others. They are really happy and it is a joy to live together with them.

Listen to what the Bible says in Proverbs 11:25:

“A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”

I really like the quote by Martin Luther King JR.:

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”

(You can see the quote on the wall when entering the premises of the Salvation Army here in Kaitaia in Commerce Street.)

If you are seeking happiness you will miss it.

“The paradoxical truth is that to seek pleasure, comfort, and happiness is to guarantee that you will miss them all.” – J. I. Packer

“The seeds of happiness, it has been truly said, grow most strongly in the soil of service.” – J.I. Packer