Seeking happiness apart from a right relationship God is like trying to turn on a light that's unplugged. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“God cannot give us happiness apart from Himself, because there is no such thing.” —C. S. Lewis” — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“What we should see in the real Beatitudes is not merely that the words of Jesus exalt good character instead of bad… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.” —David Brainerd” — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
By trusting Christ's redemptive work for us, we can enter into what we long for: the happiness found only in God. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“When I believe ultimate happiness is found only in God, then I will shut out distractions and open His Word.” — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“Even if materialism brought happiness in this life (which it certainly does not), it would leave us woefully unprepared for the next.… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“But if we see happiness in our Bibles, isn’t it self-evident that it’s a God-centered and God-honoring happiness, not a general, secular… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“When I speak elsewhere in the book of the multifaceted joys of the resurrected life in the new universe, some readers may… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
There's been a false and negative distinction that's been made between joy and happiness. Unfortunately, the message we send to those both… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
I think we need to not look at sorrow and happiness as opposites that cannot co-exist. They can and do co-exist. I… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
But the reason we have this built-in desire for happiness is because we're created in God's image. He wired us to want… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“God is the highest good of the reasonable creature, and the enjoyment of him is the only happiness with which our souls can be… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
Jesus Himself was criticized. He wasn't a glutton and drunkard, but He was accused of being those things. Why? Because He went to parties… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won't let you… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
If God was the owner, I was the manager. I needed to adopt a steward's mentality toward the assets He had entrusted - not… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
“The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.” —George… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
There's a timeless truth behind the concept of giving God our firstfruits. Whether or not the tithe is still the minimal measure of those… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
Countless mistakes in marriage, parenting, ministry, and other relationships are failures to balance grace and truth. Sometimes we neglect both. Often we choose one… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
“Even if materialism brought happiness in this life (which it certainly does not), it would leave us woefully unprepared for the next. Materialism… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
“When we become proud, we operate outside the grace God only gives to the humble. Humility preserves us; pride destroys us.” — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
I believe the only way to break the power of materialism is first, to see ourselves as stewards that God has entrusted these money… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
“The most tragic strain in human existence lies in the fact that the pleasure which we find in the things of this life, however… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
Give more as you make more. Remember: God prospers us not to raise our standard of living, but to raise our standard of giving. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
Those who know their unworthiness seize grace as a hungry man seizes bread: the self-righteous resent grace. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share
