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In the midst of THOSE times and experiences, you truly to find happiness.Īnd so will the students in your ministry. So, ask yourself as you prepare for this lesson: Are you truly happy and finding that happiness in the kingdom of God as Jesus describes it?Īnd maybe, just maybe, it comes when you let Jesus help you reframe the circumstances in your life that seem to be the hardest.
Happiness isn’t something that comes to us, rather, it seems to be who we are in the midst of whatever happens to us, even the hard stuff. He wanted us to scratch our heads and say “What”?īecause if you really think about what Jesus is saying in these few sentences, you begin to realize that he is turning everything we’ve ever believed about happiness upside down. I think that Jesus meant for his words to be this way, though. When we study “The Beatitudes”, we get the feeling that Jesus is saying something revolutionary here, yet, at the same time it feels like a brain twister or a riddle that is right out of our grasp. Jesus says that happiness comes in ways that we least expect it: through suffering, grief, loss, persecution, and poverty. This view is radically different from what your students might expect. Jesus offers us a view of what it means to be happy (and the path to get there). Happiness. When was a time that the students in your ministry were truly happy? Do your students know what real & lasting happiness is, and do they know how to get it?
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