The Pursuit of Happiness
January 2018
A Way of Being • North Oak
January 28, 2018 • Mark Sheets
If you browse the internet, many of the “ways to find happiness” surround the idea of focusing on yourself. Christ invites us to a different way of being, which is exactly the opposite. What did Jesus mean when he said “to find your life you must first lose it”? What if not focusing on our own happiness is actually the fastest way to find it?
A Way of Being • Platte County
January 28, 2018 • Adam Mustoe
If you browse the internet, many of the “ways to find happiness” surround the idea of focusing on yourself. Christ invites us to a different way of being, which is exactly the opposite. What did Jesus mean when he said “to find your life you must first lose it”? What if not focusing on our own happiness is actually the fastest way to find it?
A Way of Being • Gladstone
January 28, 2018 • Mark Sheets
If you browse the internet, many of the “ways to find happiness” surround the idea of focusing on yourself. Christ invites us to a different way of being, which is exactly the opposite. What did Jesus mean when he said “to find your life you must first lose it”? What if not focusing on our own happiness is actually the fastest way to find it?
Beyond Circumstances • North Oak
January 21, 2018 • Mark Sheets
Two of the greatest obstacles to lasting happiness are regrets about the past and anxiety about the future, because they make it difficult to see what the present is offering us. How can we stay grateful in the midst of unwanted circumstances, or learn to let go of what we can’t control?
Beyond Circumstances • Platte County
January 21, 2018 • Adam Mustoe
Two of the greatest obstacles to lasting happiness are regrets about the past and anxiety about the future, because they make it difficult to see what the present is offering us. How can we stay grateful in the midst of unwanted circumstances, or learn to let go of what we can’t control?
Beyond Circumstances • Gladstone
January 21, 2018 • Kayla Meredith
Two of the greatest obstacles to lasting happiness are regrets about the past and anxiety about the future, because they make it difficult to see what the present is offering us. How can we stay grateful in the midst of unwanted circumstances, or learn to let go of what we can’t control?
The Art of Forgiveness • North Oak
January 14, 2018 • Mark Sheets
Lasting happiness can come from good relationships, but the key word is “good”. Good relationships can sometimes feel unattainable because deep down we understand that all of us have issues. Experiencing someone else’s issues (or our own) can lead to anger, disappointment, resentment, etc. Having these emotions is normal, but working through them will lead us to happiness through forgiveness. How can God help us to forgive others and ultimately ourself? What’s at stake if we don’t?
The Art of Forgiveness • Platte County
January 14, 2018 • Adam Mustoe
Lasting happiness can come from good relationships, but the key word is “good”. Good relationships can sometimes feel unattainable because deep down we understand that all of us have issues. Experiencing someone else’s issues (or our own) can lead to anger, disappointment, resentment, etc. Having these emotions is normal, but working through them will lead us to happiness through forgiveness. How can God help us to forgive others and ultimately ourself? What’s at stake if we don’t?
The Art of Forgiveness • Gladstone
January 14, 2018 • Mark Sheets
Lasting happiness can come from good relationships, but the key word is “good”. Good relationships can sometimes feel unattainable because deep down we understand that all of us have issues. Experiencing someone else’s issues (or our own) can lead to anger, disappointment, resentment, etc. Having these emotions is normal, but working through them will lead us to happiness through forgiveness. How can God help us to forgive others and ultimately ourself? What’s at stake if we don’t?
Nothing Will Make You Happy • North Oak
January 7, 2018 • Mark Sheets
Sometimes we look for happiness in our work, or in the accumulation of stuff, or in pleasure. Why is it that when we seek to innovate, we wind up repeating familiar patterns? How come our life can seem full of activity without much progress? Why do we try so hard to be remembered, fearful that we’ll be forgotten?
Nothing Will Make You Happy • Platte County
January 7, 2018 • Adam Mustoe
Sometimes we look for happiness in our work, or in the accumulation of stuff, or in pleasure. Why is it that when we seek to innovate, we wind up repeating familiar patterns? How come our life can seem full of activity without much progress? Why do we try so hard to be remembered, fearful that we’ll be forgotten?
Nothing Will Make You Happy • Gladstone
January 7, 2018 • Kayla Meredith
Sometimes we look for happiness in our work, or in the accumulation of stuff, or in pleasure. Why is it that when we seek to innovate, we wind up repeating familiar patterns? How come our life can seem full of activity without much progress? Why do we try so hard to be remembered, fearful that we’ll be forgotten?