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Pursuing pleasure will never bring personal happiness.

It's been said the best cure for hedonism is an attempt to practice it.

Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie explains why hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure,

is unfulfilling.

Happiness never comes by direct pursuit.

The only place to find real, lasting happiness is in a relationship with God.

The people that know God are the happiest people.

This is the day when the lost are found.

You can't walk out your front door and say, I'm going to go find happiness.

You can't get in your car and enter happiness as a destination in your GPS.

No wonder so many people have a hard time finding it.

Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie points out happiness is a byproduct and after

effect.

And today we'll see how happiness can be fleeting unless it's the byproduct of a genuine

relationship with God.

It's a series called Happiness, based in the book of Philippians.

This is the day when life begins.

Let me ask you a question.

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