Rick Warren's Blog, page 598

Happiness Habit: Get a Good Grip on God���s Word

God has promised many wonderful benefits in your life if you will meditate on the Word of God and then do it.

Surprisingly, if you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate on the Word of God. Worry is when you take a negative thought and you think on it over and over and over. When you take a passage of Scripture and you think on it over and over and over, that���s called meditation.

Happiness Habit: Keep A Clear Conscience

One thing that causes us to lose our happiness is feeling guilty or ashamed. You���ve got to get rid of guilt and maintain a clear conscience if you want to be happy, because you cannot be guilty and happy at the same time.

Happiness Habit: Don���t Sweat the Small Stuff

Do you ever fret and fight over the small stuff? Of course. We all do! It���s a hard habit to break because we���re negative by nature. Ever since Adam and Eve, we have been going around excusing and accusing. We excuse our own mistakes and then accuse others for their mistakes ��� and more. We hide, and we hurl. We blame others for the problems in our lives.

Happiness Habit: Understand God Is on Your Side

No matter what you���re going to face this next week, you���re not going to face it alone. God is with you, he is in you, and he is for you.

Philippians 2:13 says, ���For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him��� (NLT).

Happiness Habit: Let It Go

Happiness requires letting go and learning to forget. Worry won���t change the past, so forget what can���t be changed and focus on the future.

Happiness Habit: Never Stop Growing

Following Jesus is a decision and then a process for the rest of your life. You can���t follow without walking. You���ve got to have movement!

Happiness Habit: Get to Know God Better

You were made to live in relationship with God, and if you think you can be joyful without getting to know him better, you���re just fooling yourself. Happiness is found in getting to know God a little bit better every day.

Happiness Habit: Know What Counts and What Doesn���t Count

Every day when you get up, you need to remind yourself what counts and what doesn���t count. Don���t be distracted by what���s inconsequential and petty in life.

Happiness Habit: Relax in God���s Grace

You can���t earn God���s approval. You can���t earn his love. You can���t earn his recognition. God is love, and he loves you unconditionally. If you want to be a happy person, you need to relax in God���s grace every day.

Does What You���re Doing Matter?

When you become a follower of Christ, God fills you with his Holy Spirit. The proof of the Holy Spirit in you is not some emotional experience. It���s not speaking in tongues or how high you jump.