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Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labours. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> - part 1
"So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me. Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard ...
Confusing <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> with happiness - II
Did you miss Confusing pleasure with happiness - I?
Happiness rests upon contentment. Paul tells Timothy in 1 Timothy 6:6 “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” One blessing that comes from ...
Confusing <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> with happiness - I
... Such things clearly provide us with momentary pleasure, but our desire for more belies our unhappiness. Why are we so unhappy in our society today? What are we doing wrong?
Are we confusing pleasure ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> – part 5
“Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labours. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> – part 4
“Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labours. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> - part 3
“Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labours. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> - part 2
Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labours. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> - part 1
"So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me. Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, ...
Confusing <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> with happiness - II
Did you miss Confusing pleasure with happiness - I?
Happiness rests upon contentment. Paul tells Timothy in 1 Timothy 6:6 “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” One blessing that comes from ...
Confusing <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> with happiness - I
... Such things clearly provide us with momentary pleasure, but our desire for more belies our unhappiness. Why are we so unhappy in our society today? What are we doing wrong?
Are we confusing pleasure ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> – part 5
“Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labours. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> – part 4
“Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labours. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> - part 3
“Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labours. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> - part 2
Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labours. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it ...
The problem of <span class="highlight">pleasure</span> - part 1
"So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me. Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, ...
Barriers from living the Word of God
“They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity... ”(NLT) Ephesians 4:19-32
We all have an inborn desire to live for something. As Christians, ...
Taking God’s love for granted
... to have to deal with troubles of life ( Job 14:1). However, no displeasure or great prize can compare with the reward that is from God, both now and heavenward (Romans 6:23b, 8:18,28; 1Corinthians 2:9). ...
Eyes on the Prize not the Price
... price that we need to pay as Christians in order to live our lives according to God’s will. We look at all the pleasures of this world and wonder if we really have to forsake these pleasures to be pleasing ...
Talk it over with Christ
... power in quietness; just maybe, God needs to see more of what I profess each day concerning him in my life – more of JESUS and less of myself and the pleasures of the world”.
I did talk to God about ...