Posts Tagged ‘happiness’
Trials Bring Us Into Real Joy
TRIALS BRING US INTO REAL JOY By Ernest O’Neill Trials Bring Us Into Real Joy By Rev. Ernest O’Neill James 1:2 is a well-known verse: “Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials.” Well, I don’t know how often you’ve quoted that verse. I know the hundreds of times I’ve quoted it…
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ENDURING JOY By Ernest O’Neill Enduring Joy By Rev. Ernest O’Neill It seems that in some way, God is saying, “The joy that my Son has is a joy that continues in the midst of affliction.” It is something that is independent of the so-called “joys” that we are used to. Unless you put away…
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EARTHLY SOURCES OF HAPPINESS ARE LIMITED By Ernest O’Neill Earthly Sources of Happiness are Limited By Rev. Ernest O’Neill It’s as if God is saying, “You come to a place of reality where you see that there IS no truth in all those things.” “Yes, the chocolate chip cookie gives me a momentary satisfaction, or…
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WHAT IS REAL HAPPINESS AND JOY? By Ernest O’Neill What is Real Happiness and Joy? By Rev. Ernest O’Neill You could call this morning’s subject, “Happiness: “What is Happiness?” The title isn’t important. God did seem in the night to make a phrase real to me — though like so many other things you wonder,…
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WHAT IS REAL JOY? By Ernest O’Neill What is Real Joy? By Rev. Ernest O’Neill Loved ones, there is a dear person who has told us what that attitude is. There is a dear person who knows the way things are going to turn out and He has told us what attitude we should adopt…
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GOD’S WILL CONCERNING MAN By Ernest O’Neill God’s Will Concerning Man By Rev. Ernest O’Neill I can put it in more down to earth terms. When Adam was in the Garden of Eden, God’s will was this: “Adam, there is an orange tree over there. You need some orange juice this morning, go and get…
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