Hey, thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry of Rick

Warren. And today, we're continuing our series called The Habits of Happiness. In this series,

Rick dives into the book of Philippians and helps you discover God's path to true and lasting happiness.

I can't wait to dive into today's message,

so here's the final part of a message called happiness can be learned.

Number two, not only do I live with integrity, I keep my promises.

This is the other way you learn this second quality.

Keep my promises.

Psalm 15.4 talks about these people always do what they promise no matter how much it may cost them.

I actually like this verse better in the King James English where it says, God blesses the person who sweareth to his own hurt.

What does that mean?

He means you keep a promise and then you find out it's going to cost me more than I thought

it was going to cost me, but I still keep my promise.

I said I'd do it for that price and I'm going to take a bath on it, but I'm going to do it

because I keep my word, and I'm going to keep my promise no matter how much it cost.

So, if I want to be happy, then I've got to first shift the focus away from myself.

It's not about me. And second, I've got to become

somebody that people trust. And we see those from Timothy. Now, Paul is a superstar. I mean,

this is the guy who wrote most of the New Testament part of the Bible. Paul is a superstar.

Yet Paul knows that we get more done by working together.

So here's the third skill that you've got to learn in order to be happy in life.

And that is this.

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