Happiness Feels So Far Away

Life.Church with Craig Groeschel

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🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Pursuing happiness comes naturally, but what do you do when life doesn't measure up? You might wonder, “Why doesn’t God give me what I want? Does He really care about me or my happiness?” Let’s talk about it.

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0:00.0	I want to start today by giving you a little pop quiz.
0:04.5	The good news is that this does not count on your final grade.
0:09.8	So this is just for fun.
0:11.3	We're going to play true or false.
0:12.5	And just to make sure at all of our churches you're working with me, can everybody shout true?
0:18.2	Can everybody shout false?
0:20.2	Just want to make sure you know how to say it so i'm going to say some
0:22.9	things and then when i pause you just shout out or very good so you ready let's go um let's go
0:32.6	to start easy hey god loves you true god loves you.
0:40.2	God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.
0:44.2	And because God loves you, you are worthy of happiness.
0:48.4	Your life is meant to be enjoyed.
0:52.1	You deserve a life that you enjoy.
0:55.9	Therefore, it doesn't matter what you do as long as you're happy.
1:02.8	And this is why you shouldn't settle for anything less than whatever makes you happy.
1:04.6	True or false?
1:08.7	It started off easy, then it gets a little bit confusing as we go on. And the reason it gets confusing is because everything that I said kind of
1:14.0	sounds true and some of it is true and a lot of it's almost true but not all of it is true.
1:26.1	It's not completely true.
1:29.5	And the part that's not true
1:32.3	is causing more people to walk away from God
1:36.7	than almost any other lie in culture today.
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