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.

And now here's part one of a message called How to Be Happy No Matter What.

We're in a series we started just a week ago that I'm calling the Habits of Happiness.

And we're looking verse by verse through the book of Philippians, which is the most positive,

the most joyful, the happiest book in the Bible.

Now one of the common mistakes that we all make is we fall into the trap of what I call

when and then thinking.

When and then thinking, in other words, when such and such happens, then I'll be happy.

And you have done this all your life and so have I. We fall into this when and then thinking.

When I get into college, when I get married, when I have a baby, when I get a job, when my kids are

born, when my kids leave the house, when and then thinking, then I'll be happy.

Last week I shared with you five laws of happiness and one of them is that happiness is a choice.

You're as happy as you choose to be.

If you're unhappy, you can't blame anybody for your unhappiness because happiness is a choice.

You don't go looking for happiness, you create it.

It is something you create.

And happiness, by the way, is not a goal.

We talked about this last week. It is the byproduct of right thinking and right acting.

Now, there are four common barriers to happiness. I want you to just write these down

at the top of your notes there. Four common barriers. I call these the kill joys of life.

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