"If you have a leaky faucet in your house so you cut the lawn, take the garbage out and sweep the driveway, it won't solve the leak. Doing the wrong thing faster, better or with kingdom values will not solve the problem. Trying to solve an inside problem by working outside is just a dumb idea.
Happiness is an inside job! If you are unhappy on the inside nothing you do on the outside will solve it. People are often under the illusion that they will be happy when; they get married, pay off their debt, get their degree, win that competition, have children, write that book or move to a certain city etc...But the truth is that internal problems can not be fixed with external solutions.
Many marriages are destroyed by this illusion; Johnny doesn't make me happy. After 15 years of marriage Mary still doesn't turn me on. NO ONE can make you happy! It is humanly impossible to make someone happy. Whenever we make our happiness the responsibility of a person, accomplishment or a possession; we have just created an idol. The saddest part of all this is that this misplaced responsibility only takes us deeper down the road of emptiness.
The kingdom of God is not eat or drink but righteous, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Living guilt free, peaceful and happy is only obtain by cultivating a deep relationship with the Holy Spirit. Our inner God void can never be filled from a outside source any more than your leak in your faucet can be solved by cutting your lawn. Happiness is an inside job and only someone who lives in the house can solve the issues that reside there. Get happy and then live it out loud! "
-Kris Vallotton (KVMinistries.com)
Happiness is an inside job! If you are unhappy on the inside nothing you do on the outside will solve it. People are often under the illusion that they will be happy when; they get married, pay off their debt, get their degree, win that competition, have children, write that book or move to a certain city etc...But the truth is that internal problems can not be fixed with external solutions.
Many marriages are destroyed by this illusion; Johnny doesn't make me happy. After 15 years of marriage Mary still doesn't turn me on. NO ONE can make you happy! It is humanly impossible to make someone happy. Whenever we make our happiness the responsibility of a person, accomplishment or a possession; we have just created an idol. The saddest part of all this is that this misplaced responsibility only takes us deeper down the road of emptiness.
The kingdom of God is not eat or drink but righteous, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Living guilt free, peaceful and happy is only obtain by cultivating a deep relationship with the Holy Spirit. Our inner God void can never be filled from a outside source any more than your leak in your faucet can be solved by cutting your lawn. Happiness is an inside job and only someone who lives in the house can solve the issues that reside there. Get happy and then live it out loud! "
-Kris Vallotton (KVMinistries.com)
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