Graceologie #104 with Dr. Derwin Gray - The Good Life
GRACEOLOGIE with Gwen Smith
Gwen Smith
4.8 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2020
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
What is true happiness, and how can we find it? Dr. Derwin Gray joins me to discuss the key to this age-old questions as he shares the core message of his new book, The Good Life.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the Graceology with Gwen Smith podcast. I'm Gwen Smith and I'm so glad you've joined me today. |
| 0:11.1 | Around here we have fun, faith-focused, grace-filled conversations, all to help you know and trust God more. |
| 0:18.5 | Our discussions are honest, often humorous, and always practical, |
| 0:22.7 | and they're going to encourage you in meaningful ways to live out and lean on the grace of Jesus |
| 0:28.1 | in the midst of cluttered messy days. You got any of those? I know I do, and I can't wait to get |
| 0:34.8 | to today's conversation, which is all about finding true happiness. |
| 0:40.6 | My guest today is a husband, father, pastor, author, professor, and former NFL player, |
| 0:46.8 | Dr. Derwin Gray. |
| 0:48.8 | Derwin joins me to talk about the message of his new book, The Good Life. |
| 0:52.9 | So, okay, what is true happiness and how can we find it, |
| 0:56.3 | right? It's a question we all ask. Everyone wants to be happy. We spend our time, money, |
| 1:01.5 | and energy chasing after the good life, and we run ourselves into physical, mental, and |
| 1:06.8 | emotional exhaustion along the way. But what if the happiness that we're all striving for |
| 1:12.5 | isn't the happiness that we were created for? Pastor Derwin believes that there is a path to true |
| 1:18.9 | happiness. It's a life lived with Jesus by embracing the beatitudes found in Matthew |
| 1:24.2 | Chapter 5. He's convinced that as you walk through these words in the word, |
| 1:29.6 | Jesus invites you into a new life-giving rhythm |
| 1:33.4 | that cultivates a flourishing, happy, transformative life. |
| 1:39.0 | So get ready, friend, because this episode is going to fire you up |
| 1:42.3 | in beautifully complicated ways, |
| 1:44.8 | and it will help you discover the good life that you were meant for. |
| 1:56.1 | Hey, guys, before we jump into the episode, I want to hit you with a personal challenge. |
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