Father Cedric Pisegna draws from Psalm 16 to share how his teenage unhappiness led to a life-changing conversion and lasting joy in God. He distinguishes fleeting happiness (tied to circumstances) from enduring joy (rooted in Jesus, serving others, [...]

In Ecclesiastes 2, Solomon, the wise but wayward king, reflects near the end of his life on his exhaustive pursuits of meaning through pleasure (laughter, wine, sex), accomplishment (great projects, building, success), and wealth (silver, gold, [...]

Summary: The preacher teaches that our unhappiness in this world is actually a gift from God because it creates a deep longing for heaven, keeping us from settling for temporary earthly satisfaction. Drawing on John 3:16's promise of eternal [...]

Summary: In this sermon, the preacher uses the book of Ecclesiastes to show how King Solomon searched for true happiness in every possible earthly source—wisdom, pleasure, alcohol, wealth, sex, and accomplishments—but found it all vanity because he [...]

Summary Rick Warren teaches that true happiness is a choice, not dependent on circumstances, drawing from Paul’s joyful letter to the Philippians written while imprisoned in Rome. He identifies four common «killjoys» of happiness—pain, pressure, [...]

In Joel 2:18 and beyond, God responds to the repentance of His people with a powerful promise: after the devastation of judgment, He will restore what was lost, even the years eaten by locusts, bringing back abundance, satisfaction, and lasting [...]

Pastor Craig challenges the cultural «happiness gospel"—the idea that God’s highest goal is our happiness—and contrasts it with Scripture’s call to holiness, showing from 1 Peter 1 and Psalm 51 that God delights in our joy but prioritizes [...]

So good to be linked with 5:15 as well today, and I just love the direction we’re going in. Talking about joy, I was watching the Baylor men’s basketball game a few weeks ago—hello, hello, a few Baylor people in the house heading into the Final [...]

Hi everybody. Welcome to Your Move where we help you make better decisions and live with fewer regrets. I'm Andy Stanley and I'll be your guide. And today, we're talking about how to be happy at work, how to be happy with your work, [...]

Hi, everybody. Welcome to "Your Move" where we help you make better decisions and live with fewer regrets. I'm Andy Stanley, and I have a question for you, and I want you to pay close attention to the first thing that comes to mind [...]

I wanna start today by giving you a little pop quiz. Little pop quiz. The good news is that this does not count on your final grade, so this is just for fun. We're gonna play true or false. And just to make sure at all of our churches [...]

In April 2013, a fishing vessel was attacked off the coast of South Africa, killing everyone on board. A TV crew documented marine biologist Collin Drake as he worked to determine the predator responsible. His discovery is presented in shocking [...]

You have been lied to. And the worst part is that most of us don't even realize it. And yes, this means you, watching from wherever you're watching, whether at Switch in real life or watching this video on YouTube, you have been lied to. [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, we have one of the great passages in the New Testament today for our reading, namely the Beatitudes, taken from the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, so the very beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. I'm going [...]

In this message on increasing joy, Joyce Meyer shares practical ways like starting your day with God, being productive, helping others, reexamining expectations, refusing mediocrity, investing in yourself, and being adventurous. She warns that [...]

In this continuation on increasing joy, Joyce Meyer emphasizes reexamining expectations—put them in God, not people who will disappoint, and refuse to dread or expect the worst. Refuse mediocrity by pursuing excellence in ordinary things, invest in [...]

Joyce Meyer teaches practical ways to increase joy: start your day with God through simple, sincere prayer and expectation of good; set daily goals to stay productive and purposeful; and intentionally help others to shift focus outward and sow [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, I don't like puritanism in any of its forms. What I mean here is the kind of fussy, dualistic system of religious thought that says we should just fly away from the goods of this world. I've always been with [...]

This is an excerpt from: My Joy Is My Job. I want to learn how to be sitting in something that's unfinished and still be fulfilled. I want to learn how to be able to say, "I've got something to be happy about even though the [...]

Every morning, when we wake up, we are given a choice. We get to choose how we will live that day. We can live it in faith, happy, expecting God's favor, or we can choose to go through our day discouraged, defeated, focused on our problems. [...]

Today's information is related to legit. We are talking about a series called What? Legit. do you know? I didn't understand this word before. This word is used by young people, legit. What does legit mean? Reality. Get rid of hypocrisy and [...]

You know, since its inception, this church has always been on the side of the persecuted. We stood by the persecuted, we supported the persecuted, we encouraged the persecuted, and we prayed regularly for the persecuted. I had the joy, prior to the [...]

Peace. Peace, peace is the cry of millions. It's a longing of untold numbers around the world. It's that delusion that is pursued by all of humanity; and yet, the reason why this longing for peace is not attained by so many who seek it is [...]

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God". I want you to know, right at the outset, this sixth beatitude caused me an enormous heartache as a young Christian. It really did, because I took pure in heart to mean sinlessness. I [...]

Mercy is not natural. Mercy is not natural. In fact, I can tell you the absolute truth from personal experience, firsthand experience, it is not natural. And that is why Jesus did not begin the Beatitudes by, "Blessed are the merciful, for they [...]

This fourth beatitude is literally smacked in the middle of the series of messages. The beatitudes that Jesus gives on the Sermon on the Mounts are a superstructure. They were not a bunch of blessed are you, blessed are you, that Jesus threw out [...]

We have been looking at the superstructure which we call the Beatitudes. Jesus did not call them that, we call them the Beatitudes. Jesus, when he said, "Blessed are you, blessed are you, blessed are you," he didn't just pluck some [...]

We have begun this new series last message entitled "Happiness is in You". It's not something you just strive for it, Jesus said it's in you, you've gotta figure out where it is and how you get it. Happiness is in you. Turn [...]

Happiness, who wants it? Who is not pursuing it? Who is not craving it? And who has found it? Just about all surveys have indicated that lots of people are pursuing happiness, but they're pursuing it in all sorts of things and all sorts of [...]

I hate the morning. I'm not sure how God wired you, but I can stay up at night and read books and grow in my faith. But the morning it's just not my thing. My wife wakes up and she runs five miles and she reads her Bible and she gets [...]

I have always been a lover of Broadway, just the way I was raised. My mom, my dad, my older brother took me to shows, "Phantom of the Opera," "Les Mis," "Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". I heard the songs, [...]

Apparently I can be kind of a jerk as a dad. That's what some people say when I tell them this story. Now, whenever my daughters and I go to the store and of course, they want to walk up and down the toy aisles, they'll always ask me the [...]

I have a confession to make. I get a little bit infatuated with celebrities. I don't mean like creeping outside of Justin Bieber's window kind of infatuated. I haven't done that in months. My wife says that I get a little bit [...]

Every man desires to be happy. That's what one of the most famous Christians in the last 2000 years said. Around the year 400 AD, Saint Augustine, a name you may or may not have heard of, said that every man, in fact, every person desires to be [...]

This is an excerpt from: The Hard Work Of Happiness But I think, according to Psalm 126, there are some decisions you can make in the dry places of your life that will lead you, no matter where you're starting from, into a place of [...]

Well, welcome global family from around the world to the power to change today, and, you know, I'm about to share with you something really special. God notices you no matter what it looks like. He's speaking to you no matter what it [...]

Well, merry Christmas, global family, and welcome to the Power to Change today. You know, wherever you're watching our program from around the world, I want to remind you that the best is ahead. Yes, the best is yet to come. Something good is [...]

Living from victory, anxious for nothing, and as we continue on our journey in our walk with God, it's really vital that we understand we don't need to defeat the devil. Now, the devil is real, and his impact in this world is real. From [...]

It's an honor to be with you this morning. Before we get started, let's start... well, before we get into the Word, let's get started the right way, as we always do, and let's talk to the Lord about what we're going to hear. [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress, and welcome again to Pathway to Victory. Let me begin today with a question: do you think Jesus really cares about your happiness, or is the pursuit of happiness too self-indulgent? Well, here's the truth. When we [...]

Let me ask you a question. Have you ever met someone who has said, "I really don't want to be happy. You know, happiness may be good", oh, thank you, "Happiness may be good for some people, but it's not really good for [...]

I saw an advertisement, and I believe it was a computer magazine, quite a few years ago, and it's a picture of a guy shaving in the mirror. And it asked this question, is it an alarm clock or a calling that gets you up in the morning? I [...]

In Ecclesiastes 3, the preacher unpacks the famous passage about seasons in life—times of joy and sorrow, building and breaking—and shares two simple yet profound secrets to lasting happiness amid overwhelming circumstances: rejoice and do good. No [...]

This is an excerpt from: The Hard Work Of Happiness There is no formula for happiness that starts with "If I had…" It doesn't come from them. You can be on an island or you can be in the backroom ready to preach to thousands… God has [...]

You know what? It used to be when I would take a little summer break, the day we would get to our vacation as a family… We haven't been on one long vacation, but normally, we'll go away for a little while. I would start thinking [...]

When you read the Psalms remember this is the songbook of the Bible. It's right in the center, right at the core in the heart of the Scriptures. In fact when I was a little guy and we were in Sword drill or Bible drill, we call it now, we [...]

The title of my message is "Happiness: Where to Find It. Philippians Chapter 1". Let me ask you a question. Have you ever met someone who has said, "I really don't want to be happy. Happiness may be good for some people, but [...]

Joel Osteen encourages us in this sermon that happiness is a daily choice we must make on purpose, drawing from Psalm 118:24 where David declares rejoicing despite difficulties, and urges believers to decide each morning to live happy, grateful, [...]

Joyce Meyer encourages us to protect and cultivate the joy we already have as a fruit of the Holy Spirit. She shares how to stop diluting it through worry, guilt, self-pity, and focusing on negatives—choose instead to serve God gladly, give thanks, [...]

If you're just joining us now, welcome to the Happy Trails series we're taking some time to explore parts Oregon, and Utah, Wyoming. And this week, we're in the heart of the Jewel Basin, just outside of Big Fork, Montana at Camp [...]