You say, well, pastor, how do I get happiness?
Well, the Bible's actually very clear
how you become a happy person.
Didn't Jesus say in the book of John,
if you know these things, happy are ye if you do them?
Now really the context of what he's saying
is in the context of being a servant
and serving God and serving others.
That's the secret.
You know one thing that makes me very happy?
Going soul winning, makes me happy.
I enjoy preaching the word of God.
I love preaching sermons.
That might make sense to you, it might not,
but you know one reason why I love it
is because I believe people's lives get changed
by the preaching of God's word.
Even aside from that, how about raising kids?
It's not about what you want.
I mean, this is like step one to learn
as a father or mother.
Don't live your life for yourself.
When you have kids, care about your kids.
Do things for your kids.
You know why?
Because what the Bible says is,
if you know these things,
if you live your life for others,
if you obey my commandments and do what's right,
it's like you're happy.
But you know what, when you're doing
what's wrong in life,
isn't it true that you're miserable, depressed?
But when you're actually serving God
and doing what's right and living for other people,
you know what, you find yourself happy.