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Today we continue in our series called Strategies for Stressful Times.

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Now here's Pastor Rick Warren with part one of a message called How to be happy no matter what happens.

Now today, if you grab your Bible and download the message notes,

I want to look at what God's word teaches us about how to be happy no matter what happens.

How to be happy no matter what happens.

This is a skill that we all need to learn during difficult days.

Now, anytime you want to study what God has to say about happiness,

you go to the Book of Philippians here in the Bible.

It's the most positive happy book in God's word. In spite of the fact

that Paul wrote it while he was a prisoner in a dark Roman prison dungeon and he was

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