The Habbits of Happiness

1. Grow Healthy Relationships


5 LAWS OF HAPPINESS
1. Don't look for happiness. Create it!
2. Happiness isn't a goal.
3. My habits create my happiness
4. Happiness based on happenings is temporary. But happiness built on habits is long-lasting.
5. Happy habits are as addicting as bad habits.


To be happy:
1. Be grateful for the people in my life

• PHILIPPIANS 1:3 Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.
• The longer you know the people, you take them as granted and look at more bad sides
• Memories are choice
• HH: Remember the best & forget the rest!

2. Pray with joy for the people in my life

• PHILLIPIANS 1:4 I always pray for you, and I make my requests with a heart full of joy...
• Do you pray for him or just complain about him?
• Positive prayer is more effective than positive thinking
• HH: Quickest way to change a bad relationship to good: Start praying for them!
• Pray they:
• will grow in love
• will make wise choices
• will live with integrity
• will become like Jesus

3. Expect the best from people in my life

• make a habit to expect the best
• PHILLIPIANS 1:6 I am confident of this, that God who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus
• Paul believed in people. you don't lay down people but give them confidence in them.
• nobody is changing by nagging
• he gave people visions. you're gonna keep growing. He gave a picture of the future.  
• we tend to live up to the expectations of other people. when people expect the best of you, you tend to be better. We tend to become what we are believed by what the most important people in our life think about us.
• he is patient with people's progress. nobody is perfect.
• HH: Celebrate how far people have come, rather than judging how far they still have to go.
• God doesn't stop loving you until you become perfect
• Key to patient is love
• PHILLIPIANS 1:7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart.
• When people are not in my heart, they are in my nerves. If they are all in my heart, they are not in my nerve.

4. Love the people in my life like Jesus does

• PHILLIPIANS 1:8 God is my witness that I tell the truth when I say that my deep love for you all comes from the heart of Christ Jesus himself.
• easy to teach but hard to practice