Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Denison Forum, and this is the Daily article for Friday, August 24, 2018.

Tim Cook will become $120 million richer today when he receives 560,000 shares of apple stock,

but he should beware, prosperity is no guarantee of happiness.

Writing in the New York Times, Jonathan Roush notes,

real per capita income has more than tripled since the late 1950s, but the percentage of people

saying they're very happy has, if anything, slightly declined. Why is this? A Harvard study

tracked a group of men for close to 80 years. Here was the bottom line.

Loving relationships are the key to happiness and health. It was not money or status,

but strong interpersonal relationships that led to the greatest life satisfaction.

This news should not surprise Christians. We know that we're made in God's image and that our creator

is relational by nature. He relates to himself as father, son, and spirit, and God is love,

1 John 4-48, an attribute that requires someone to love. So here's the question. With whom should

we most seek a loving relationship as the key to happiness?

The answer may surprise you.

I was led to faith in Christ through a bus ministry.

A church in my Houston, Texas neighborhood,

enlisted volunteers to knock on doors,

inviting people to ride their bus to church.

In August of 1973, they knocked on my apartment door. My brother

and I came to Jesus as a result. I'll be eternally grateful for evangelical churches that

emphasize evangelism and practical ministry. But I was active in church life for years before I began

realizing Jesus wanted to be more than my Savior and Lord. He wants to be my

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