How Happiness Happens Study Guide: Finding Lasting Joy in a World of Comparison, Disappointment, and Unmet Expectations

by Max Lucado

There's a path to happiness that always delivers. Our culture tries to convince us there is one way to aspire, acquire, desire, retire. We're told that happiness depends on what we hang in our closet, park in our garage, and deposit in our bank account. Yet it's a path that always fails to deliver. In this video Bible study, (DVD/video streaming sold separately) bestselling author Max Lucado looks at several compelling passages in the Bible that reveal how the happiest people on earth aren't those who have the most but those who are willing to give the most away. Max also uses Scripture to show us how to address some of the most common sources of unhappiness, such God wants to bring joy to the people of this generation. In his Word, he has given us practical and applicable ways to discover that joy by sharing it with others. Although the world can be a lonely and disappointing place, we can be God's representatives to bring about a cascade of kindness! While we won't be able to solve every problem, we can bring a few smiles to a few faces—and in this way, we might even initiate our own quiet revolution of joy. How Happiness Happens is perfect for small groups of friends or church groups who want to get to know each other better, and for introverts and extroverts alike. This study guide Designed for use with the How Happiness Happens Video Study (9780310105732), sold separately. Streaming video also available.

160 pages, Paperback

Published September 3, 2019

About the author

With more than 150 million products in print and several NYT bestsellers, Max Lucado is America's bestselling inspirational author. He serves the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, where he lives with his wife, Denalyn, and their mischievous mutt, Andy. His most recent book published in August 2024 and is titled What Happens Next.

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Reviews

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Max Lucado's How Happiness Happens Bible Study Guide: Finding Lasting Joy in a World of Comparison, Disappointment, and Expectations is a textbook of examples that shares some people's own life experiences in how God will use the unremarkable people to create remarkable lasting moments in other's lives by just bringing joy to others. The key is to look for ordinary ways to bring a smile to the faces of others, and in some cases, finding a commitment to long-term servant leadership. One lesson that Lucado uses is the geese and its flying V formation. The leader changes positions ever so often so that they will continue to fly fast and if one goose becomes too weak or hurt to continue but one of the stronger geese will follow it to the ground where it will recover at which time both will fly to join a flock or die at which time the stronger goose will continue alone. I found myself thinking of the times I've seen incomplete formations but never realized that their compassion was never to leave anything behind.

[Sandy Gartin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the book and did the study guide. Very good. Recommend it.

[Turquoise Brennan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good study ...and yes you can do it on your own ... Carrying each other's burdens was helpful and welcoming others was a good practice.

[Andres Esguerra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yep, Max Lucado is one of my favorites. He has a way of highlighting what really matters - what really counts

[Lucia Moje drahé knihy · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Ako sa rodí šťastie” som vzala do rúk ako protiváhu po poslednej prečítanej knihe. Potrebovala som niečo blahodárne pre dušu.

Autor poukazuje, že sme samy tvorcami vlastného šťastia, ak sa riadime radami zo Svätého písma. Boh má odpoveď na všetko v našom živote - ako byť šťastný nie je výnimkou.

Ukazuje nám cestu, ako z každej udalosti v živote vyťažiť to dobré a obrátiť to v náš prospech, nie však vonkajšími faktormi, ale našim vnútrom, našimi vlastnými zmenami pohľadu na veci i osoby okolo nás. Takto možno dosiahnuť trvalé šťastie prameniace zo srdca, nie povrchné pozlátko.

Ak sa nám niečo v živote nepáči, treba začať od seba a našou zmenou ovplyvníme aj naše okolie.

Nie je to ďalšia motivačná kniha, skôr osviežujúca forma spomalenia, pomôcka pre sebareflexiu. Táto kniha mi prišla do rúk v správny čas v mojom živote, no bude vždy aktuálna, dokonca aj keď po nej siahnem hoci o 20 rokov.