How does Christianity make you happy?

[Hmm]

The question is fairly self-explanatory I think.

You can argue that everything we do is because we're happier doing it than any of the other options that were available to us at the time. So when you choose to do something it's our preferred choice even though it may cause you a great cost. Like if you resign from your job in a matter of principle. It's not ideally what you wanted to do and you're not happy to now be unemployed but if the decision allowed you to keep your principles then you were "happier" doing that than staying on and betraying them.

So, there are lots of different kinds of happiness, from the complex happiness of doing the right thing to a more simple smiley feeling. So I wondered what kind of happiness you get from your faith?

 

[Arc F1]

The question is fairly self-explanatory I think.

You can argue that everything we do is because we're happier doing it than any of the other options that were available to us at the time. So when you choose to do something it's our preferred choice even though it may cause you a great cost. Like if you resign from your job in a matter of principle. It's not ideally what you wanted to do and you're not happy to now be unemployed but if the decision allowed you to keep your principles then you were "happier" doing that than staying on and betraying them.

So, there are lots of different kinds of happiness, from the complex happiness of doing the right thing to a more simple smiley feeling. So I wondered what kind of happiness you get from your faith?

It's what we have to look forward to that brings me happiness.

 

[Dave L]

The question is fairly self-explanatory I think.

You can argue that everything we do is because we're happier doing it than any of the other options that were available to us at the time. So when you choose to do something it's our preferred choice even though it may cause you a great cost. Like if you resign from your job in a matter of principle. It's not ideally what you wanted to do and you're not happy to now be unemployed but if the decision allowed you to keep your principles then you were "happier" doing that than staying on and betraying them.

So, there are lots of different kinds of happiness, from the complex happiness of doing the right thing to a more simple smiley feeling. So I wondered what kind of happiness you get from your faith?

I derive happiness seeing God's providence in everyday life. And from having freedom knowing that if I lose my job or face hardship from doing the right thing, he is there providing a solution. It's not only happiness but a thrill to live the Sermon on the Mount and witness firsthand his honoring his word for doing so.

I had a boss who got rid of me for doing right. And he said, "Dave is not motivated by money". This was the best evaluation I ever received. Shortly thereafter God provided a better job making enough that I could retire early from my own pocket and enjoy the best years of my life with my only wife.

 

[GuyNad]

It's what we have to look forward to that brings me happiness.

...there are lots of different kinds of happiness, from the complex happiness of doing the right thing to a more simple smiley feeling. So I wondered what kind of happiness you get from your faith?

I think what gives me the most happiness is the knowledge that the first principle God has set for entering into His kingdom his to realize that on my own I just can't begin to do it! (Matthew 5:3)

 

[bèlla]

God makes me happy. He's the source of my joy and contentment. He gives my life meaning and direction and I love Him.

Yours in His Service,

~Bella

 

[mnorian]

The question is fairly self-explanatory I think.

You can argue that everything we do is because we're happier doing it than any of the other options that were available to us at the time. So when you choose to do something it's our preferred choice even though it may cause you a great cost. Like if you resign from your job in a matter of principle. It's not ideally what you wanted to do and you're not happy to now be unemployed but if the decision allowed you to keep your principles then you were "happier" doing that than staying on and betraying them.

So, there are lots of different kinds of happiness, from the complex happiness of doing the right thing to a more simple smiley feeling. So I wondered what kind of happiness you get from your faith?

I was looking out my window at the mountain in the distance; yesterday as the sun was setting; and a ray of sunlight shown thru the clouds and lite-up a small meadow on the side of one hill.

It occurred to me; that Jesus' light was shinning in me; lighting up beautiful pastures in heaven that I could see in the Spiritual distance.

Things like this make me happy.

 

[Arc F1]

I was looking out my window at the mountain in the distance; yesterday as the sun was setting; and a ray of sunlight shown thru the clouds and lite-up a small meadow on the side of one hill.

It occurred to me; that Jesus' light was shinning in me; lighting up beautiful pastures in heaven that I could see in the Spiritual distance.

Things like this make me happy.

I believe that is how God intended us to see this gift of life. We were supposed to enjoy it and see the beauty he created.

 

[ChristServant]

The question is fairly self-explanatory I think.

You can argue that everything we do is because we're happier doing it than any of the other options that were available to us at the time. So when you choose to do something it's our preferred choice even though it may cause you a great cost. Like if you resign from your job in a matter of principle. It's not ideally what you wanted to do and you're not happy to now be unemployed but if the decision allowed you to keep your principles then you were "happier" doing that than staying on and betraying them.

So, there are lots of different kinds of happiness, from the complex happiness of doing the right thing to a more simple smiley feeling. So I wondered what kind of happiness you get from your faith?

Christianity does not make me happy, quite the opposite from what I see and have seen within it's organisations. It's GOD the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ where my joy, happiness and contentment comes from not a religion.

Too many search for answers in organisations of man and doctrines of man and not from GOD, HIS word and HIS promises, that's why hugh amounts of people start to follow Christianity and fall away. Many others stay in religious organisations for company, to be around people and make them feel better about themselves. There are sheep in these organisations but in my experience not many because they are not following truth, GOD's truth.

Churches I've experienced are more like secular community centre's rather than a place of worship and fellowship for followers of GOD the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Every church, I have ever entered has never preached anything to do with sin and how it devastates lives and what the end is for those who will not repent of their sin.


Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him

We no longer look to be served. We look to serve and give our lives for others. No longer fight for privilege, influence and status. We esteem others better than ourselves and put their interests above our own.

Peace be with all those in the body of Christ

 

[Hmm]

Many others stay in religious organisations for company, to be around people and make them feel better about themselves.

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Although I think one of the joys of being a Christian is good fellowship with others.

 

[pescador]

Christianity (a religion) doesn't make me happy, God makes me happy. Knowing that God, my heavenly and eternal father, loves me each and every day that I am on this Earth, and that His love will continue for me and his church for all eternity is too wonderful to fully grasp. It goes way beyond the term "happiness"!

 

[Kenny'sID]

Its a very secure feeling to know the most powerful being in the universe has your back.

 

[Palmfever]

The confidence and security of knowing...
In Christ

 

[bèlla]

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Although I think one of the joys of being a Christian is good fellowship with others.

I've met some really nice people because of my faith. Our paths might not have crossed otherwise. We've blessed one another a great deal. That's God's doing.

Yours in His Service,

~Bella

 

[mnorian]

How does Christianity make you happy?
Being able to sing along to songs like this on Sunday Morning:

With all I am
By Hillsong Worship
Lyrics
Into your hands
I commit again With all I am, for you, lord
You hold my world
In the palm of your hand
And I am yours forever
Jesus I believe in you
Jesus I belong to you
You're the reason that I live
The reason that I sing
With all I am
I'll walk with you
Wherever you go
Through tears and joy
I'll trust in you
And I will live
In all of your ways
And your promises, forever
Jesus I believe in you
Jesus I belong to you
You're the reason that I live
The reason that I sing
Jesus I believe in you
Jesus I belong to you
You're the reason that I live
The reason that I sing
With all I am
With all I am
All I am
I will worship
I will worship you
I will worship
I will worship you
I will worship
I will worship you
I will worship
I will worship you
I will worship
I will worship you
I will worship
I will worship you
I will worship
I will worship you
I will worship
I will worship you
Jesus I believe in you
Jesus I belong to you
You're the reason that I live
The reason that I sing
Jesus I believe in you
Jesus I belong to you
You're the reason that I live
The reason that I sing
Jesus I believe in you
Jesus I belong to you
You're the reason that I live
The reason that I sing
With all I am
I will worship
I will worship you
I will worship
I will worship you
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Reuben Morgan

 

[Jipsah]

So I wondered what kind of happiness you get from your faith?

It's true, and it makes the universe intelligible. The idea of the Rube Goldberg universe envisioned by materialists would drive me to despair.

 

[Hmm]

Christianity (a religion) doesn't make me happy, God makes me happy. Knowing that God, my heavenly and eternal father, loves me each and every day that I am on this Earth, and that His love will continue for me and his church for all eternity is too wonderful to fully grasp. It goes way beyond the term "happiness"!

You're right to say it's God that gives us happiness, not religious truths. I really meant both by saying Christianity. And I agree, happiness often sounds too trite and self-centred a word to use when talking about knowing God but, as Humpty Dumpty said, "When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." If we define "happiness" broardly enough as I tried to do in the OP, perhaps we can use that!

 

[Hmm]

It's true, and it makes the universe intelligible. The idea of the Rube Goldberg universe envisioned by materialists would drive me to despair.

I've not heard of Rube Goldberg but certainly the materialist viewpoint is a bleak and essentially meaningless one. Just in case anyone doesn't know what materialiam is, it's a world view that says that everything is ultimately reducible to matter or, a softer version, that everything ultimately emerges from matter in some way, but in either case matter is the most accurate explanation of a phenomena. So for example the most accurate description of a mental event is the behaviour of the braib neurona etc. We have a brain really, not a mind.

 

[Lost4words]

It makes me happy because knowing that wherever i go in life, whichever way i turn, however life treats me, through ups and downs, from trudging through stormy rivers, to carrying my own crosses in life, God is always there with me, for me, with open arms.

 

[mourningdove~]

The question is fairly self-explanatory I think.

You can argue that everything we do is because we're happier doing it than any of the other options that were available to us at the time. So when you choose to do something it's our preferred choice even though it may cause you a great cost. Like if you resign from your job in a matter of principle. It's not ideally what you wanted to do and you're not happy to now be unemployed but if the decision allowed you to keep your principles then you were "happier" doing that than staying on and betraying them.

So, there are lots of different kinds of happiness, from the complex happiness of doing the right thing to a more simple smiley feeling. So I wondered what kind of happiness you get from your faith?

What kind of happiness?
True happiness.

Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
~ John 14:6

 

[Rachel20]

If you can't keep something forever, it's not really yours. But the Lord will be my redeemer forever, so that makes me happy.