Living a Life You Love: How to live a happier, more-fulfilling life

by Pauline Creeden

In today's Instagram society, we all have become amateur photographers. We point our cell phone cameras at our food, our pets, our family members, and even ourselves. We share these pictures we create with the world via social media. We focus our cameras on the things that are important to us, and we want the world to know about it. So what is important to you? What do you find yourself focusing on the most each day? If we are focusing on the wrong things, our lives are thrown out of balance. Even focusing on things that are good or innocuous, like sports, movies, books, or social media, can become bad if we focus so intently on them that we forget about focusing on God. Jesus said to him, -'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and great commandment. (Matthew 22:37-38) God wants us to focus on Him. If we love what we focus on and focus on what we love, then we need to focus on our relationship with Him in order to live a happier life. If we're not used to focusing on Him, when we do we're in for a life-changing experience that will be more fulfilling and satisfying than anything else. As we transfer our focus to God and our relationship with Him, we'll find that He truly is the giver of good things, He really does have a great purpose for our lives, and He loves us far more than we could ever imagine. And it all starts with our focus. In this short Bible study, we'll discover how to change our focus and, in so doing, learn to love the life we have and live a life we love.

136 pages, Paperback

First published February 27, 2017

About the author

Pauline Creeden is an award-winning author, horse trainer, and overall book ninja. She becomes the main character in each of her stories, and because she has ADD, she will get bored if she pretends to be one person for too long.

Armored Hearts, her joint effort with author Melissa Turner Lee, has been a #1 Bestseller in Christian Fantasy and been awarded the Crowned Heart for Excellence by InDtale Magazine. Her debut novel, Sanctuary, won 1st Place Christian YA Title 2013 Dante Rosetti Award and 2014 Gold Award for First Place YA Horror Novel.

Reviews

[Lori Green]

This book is an excellent reminder to us to not let things of this world control us. We are constantly looking for on demand happiness which only last for a brief time. When we seek God and put Him first we have an everlasting joy and happiness. There are so many great scriptures throughout this book. It helped to refresh my heart and mind and turn my focus off earthly things and towards God. God brings the only true joy and happiness. This doesn't mean that we want have trials and problems, but when God is on our side it easier to overcome.

Forgiveness and caring for others is so important but the most important relationship is with God. We should constantly seek His Kingdom first. We should turn to scripture for help instead of the internet or latest social media. We can be strong in the Lord but not in social media or other internet venues. God's joy and happiness are indescribable.

Who do you turn to first during trials and problems. Do we turn to God or call our friends or post on social media first. We should always turn to God first so He can help us through.

I received this book for an honest review from ebooks.

[Sherry]

This is a good book for those who are not entirely happy with their lives and are not really sure what to do about it.

The author makes the point that lots of folks these let "things" get control of their lives. Things like TV, phones, computers, and sites like Facebook and instagram.

She makes the point that God should always be first and other "things" in their place.

Fewer electronics does lower the stress level for sure.

The writing could be improved a bit but still ok. Lots of scriptures in this book and it would likely be confusing to those not familiar with the Bible.

[Beth McGuire]

LIVING A LIFE YOU LOVE IS AN INSPIRATIONAL BOOK TO HELP CLEAR YOUR MIND OF THE DAILY THINGS THAT GET US DOWN OR DEPRESSED OR EVEN JUST ANGRY. IT WAS GREAT TO READ AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON HIM. HOW TO GET OURSELVES HEALED FROM DEPRESSION AND SADNESS. IT WAS SO GREAT TO READ. I KNOW THIS BOOK WILL BE ABLE TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE. VERY ENJOYABLE.

[Cassie]

I recieved this book for free with the intention to review, this did not effect my opinion of the book.
This book helped me to see what is holding me back from loving Jesus more. It helped me to see how to become much stronger in my faith. It talks about forgiveness, loving others more,the importance of reading your Bible, prayer and many other important topics. This book gives you practical ways to grow stronger in your faith.

[Orange]

Her teachings are not very clear, quite confusing. Not a good read.