HOW TO FIND REAL HAPPINESS PART 7

TEXT- PROVERBS 17:21-28

INTRODUCTION

AS WE COME TO THE END OF CHAPTER 17 IN OUR STUDY FROM THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN PLEASE THE LORD THROUGH OUR BEHAVIOR.

ONCE AGAIN SOLOMON RETURNS TO THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK.

IN VERSES 21-28 HE DESCRIBES FOR US THE BEHAVIOR OF THOSE WHO ARE WISE AND FOOLISH.

IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE IN THESE VERSES THAT WHENEVER WISDOM IS PRESENT THERE IS HAPPINESS, BUT WHEN IT IS ABSENT, THERE IS SORROW.

WISDOM PRODUCES HAPPINESS AND FOOLISHNESS PRODUCES SORROW.

WHEN YOU ARE WISE, IT MAKES GOD HAPPY. AND WHEN YOU MAKE GOD HAPPY YOU TOO WILL BE HAPPY!

LET’S LOOK AT SIX WAYS WE CAN DO BOTH.