... enemy is in the house.” And that’s true. The greatest enemy we have in this world is sometimes in our own hearts. (1) Is the enemy living in the house which is your heart? It might be a simple thing like envy. Richard Layard in his book titled Happiness tells about something that happened in East Germany when they were reunited with West Germany after 1990. The living standards of the East German people soared after reunification. However, their level of happiness fell. Why? With reunification the East ...
... ? If not I hope you will claim it today. 1. Hope For The Troubled Heart (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1991), p. 106. 2. http://www.preaching.com/sermons/11642680/page-3/. 3. Whole Earth Review, Sausilito, California, 1989. Jill Oglesby Evans, http://www.emorypresbyterian.org/sermons/Acts1v1-8_CanYouImagine.pdf. 4. Richard Layard, Happiness Lessons From A New Science (New York: Penguin Group, 2005), p. 74. 5. John M. Buchanan, http://www.fourthchurch.org/%202003/040603sermon.html. 6. Daily Bread, June 16, 1989.
... I see Jesus in every one of these children.’” (5) That saint of God will never be idle, never be a busybody. She’ll never be among the 80% who want a free ride in the church. She loves Jesus. That says it all. 1. Richard Layard, Happiness Lessons From A New Science (New York: Penguin Group, 2005), p. 50. 2. http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/reigniting-your-passion-for-god-rick-warren-sermon-on-attitude-general-127082.asp. 3. The Timothy Report, http://www.timothyreport.com. 4. From a sermon by Dr ...
... contentment.” This is why so many people today are unhappy. It is why suicides are growing among both young people and older people alike. We’ve bought into the notion that happiness comes by being surrounded with pretty things. Economics Professor Richard Layard of the London School of Economics and Political Science has spent a good part of his life studying what is sometimes called the Science of Happiness. He notes that there have always been people who believe that things are going downhill, that ...
