Greg Lorry and Harvest Ministries recommend a great new children's book by Sally Lloyd-Jones called Jesus Our True Friend.

You have kids, and they need to hear the story of Jesus.

And I bet you struggle at times trying to read Bible stories to your children.

This is a great tool.

So order your copy of Jesus Our True, stories to fill your heart with joy

written by Sally Lloyd Jones. Yours for a gift of any amount at harvest.org. Why do I exist? Why am I

here in this earth? Answer, I'm here on earth to bring glory to God. I am not here to pursue pleasure. I am here to

pursue God. The purpose of the universe is God's glory, not my personal happiness. This comes

as a surprise to some who thinks the world should revolve around them, that they want to rule their

own little private universe, they want to be the main character in their novel, but

then suffering and pain interrupts their plans and they don't know why.

Randy Alcorn writes, and I quote, if we come to see the purpose of the universe as

God's long-term

glory rather than our short-term happiness, then we will undergo a critical paradigm shift

in tackling the problem of suffering." That's a good point. The purpose of the universe

is God's long-term glory, not my short-term happiness. Here's the

bottom line. When you seek to fulfill the purpose you were created for, which is to know,

glorify, and worship God, you will find the happiness you've been seeking in life. Not from

seeking happiness, but from seeking God. The Bible says

happy are the people whose God is the Lord. Psalm 16 says, in His presence, there is fullness of joy,

and on His right hand, there are pleasures forevermore. Yes, God created you for his glory. Isaiah 43-7 says,

God speaking, everyone who was called by my name whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.

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