Finding Happiness in the Chaos of Life
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Tricia Goyer encourages Christians to embrace happiness in the Lord. She describes her painful past as an unmarried teen mom, the dangers of trying to be perfect and striving to do more rather than celebrate all the good God has done. Tricia also shares stories about navigating the trauma of her 7 adopted kids and learning to trust God for the results.
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| 0:00.0 | Your church comes to you each week to fill their cup. But when the crowd leaves, who's filling yours? |
| 0:07.3 | That's exactly what I'm here to do with my new podcast from Focus on the Family. It's called |
| 0:12.1 | Pastor to Pastor with Dave Stone. I'm so excited to help you navigate the unique challenges |
| 0:17.7 | that pastors face in their ministry journey, both personally and professionally. |
| 0:22.8 | So I invite you to listen and subscribe to pastor to pastor wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.1 | Let me go on a walk and clear my mind. Let me take time for God's word. And I think those are things we think |
| 0:38.9 | we have to care for all these people. And I truly have to care for all these people. But moms especially, |
| 0:44.4 | we need to step away. We need to spend time with God. We need to care for our bodies. We need to put |
| 0:49.8 | healthy food in our bodies. We need to go for the walk and clear our minds because we become better |
| 0:55.0 | moms, wives, people in the community when we do that. That's Tricia Goyer describing some of the |
| 1:02.4 | common struggles that moms face, but the good news is you can also experience godly joy in the |
| 1:07.8 | midst of those challenges. Welcome to another episode of Focus on the Family with |
| 1:12.6 | Jim Daly. I'm John Fuller, and we're so glad you've joined us. John, I don't know about you, |
| 1:17.1 | but everyone is probably thinking about their New Year's resolutions. What are they? How much weight |
| 1:23.1 | can I lose? You know, I got to get to the gym. How can it be that I'm already off and I'm missing them? |
| 1:29.9 | Well, here's maybe one that's a little closer to the fruit of the spirit. |
| 1:33.5 | How are we going to be happier this year? |
| 1:36.0 | And I think today's discussion at the beginning of a new year is a good one to have more |
| 1:42.1 | of the core stuff, not so much the physical stuff, but the attitude, |
| 1:46.1 | the emotional well-being, and spiritual well-being that you should possess. Of course, I can |
| 1:51.5 | already sense some pushback, you know, when we talk about happiness, are Christians allowed |
| 1:56.1 | to be happy? I always make a distinction between joy and happiness, and I can't wait to start with that first question with our guest today. |
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