Seven Ways to Make God Happy

How to make God Happy

• Objectives
• 1) Why do I care about God happiness
• 2) Different ways to make God Happy
• 3) Practical steps

I) why do I care about God happiness�

1. Because It will make me happy
2. Because it will give me self satisfaction
3. Because it will lead me to heaven

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We are crated on God’s image so we are the copy, and he is the original, any step close to God will make us happy

I) Why do I care about God happiness

• 4) because any happiness away from Christ will be short transient and with some guilt
• As Jesus said to the Samaritan woman, anyone drink from this water will thirst again but whoever drink from the water I   shall give him will never thirst. But the water (Happiness &peace) that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life. John4

II) Different ways to make God Happy

• 1) Repentance
•  I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don't need to repent. ( Luke 15: 7)

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• Who is the one sinner ?
• Who are the 99 righteous people ?

3 Lost parables / Luke 15

End of the 3 lost Parables

Repent to make God and the angels happy

2A) Prayer

• God love you and want to talk to you
• He send you messages every day
• Bible,
• People
• Events
• Troubles
• God want you to call him
• If you only pray when you need something from him then actually you don’t love him but his gifts to you

Noah Built The Altar

King Saul chased David, so he kept on praying Psalms

2A) Prayer

• Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me
• ( psalm 50: 15)

Types of prayers

• Liturgy
• Agpyae
• My lord Jesus Christ have mercy upon me, I am the sinner

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• Remember me Oh Lord when I come unto your kingdom

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• Reading psalms
• Reciting spiritual songs

2B) Praise / Tasbeha/ work of angels

• Regular Tasbeha in Church
• Play Tasbeha in your car
• Sing it at home

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• Tasbeha make you happy and make God happy too
• Recite psalms / 136 – 150
• Holy Holy Holy
• Zoxa batrii ke ayou ka agio
• Ephamarrot nem bikot en agathos

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3) Keeping God’s command

• The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;�The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes ( psalm 19;8)

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• Read your bible daily
• Highlight Jesus commands
• Hight Apostles commands
• Memorize verses

4) Making Peace with others

• Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God” (Matt. 5:9).
• God is the king of peace while Satan remove your peace
• Any time you reconcile with someone and make peace ; you walk in God’s plan

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• Try to reconcile your relations with others
• Try not to start fights or instigate events

4) Making Peace with others

• Don’t be backbiter
• Don’t spread Gossip
• Try not to start fights or instigate events

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Sin take away your peace

• Adam said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.” ( Genesis 3: 10)

People try to cover up their sins by�looking for happiness

5) Putting Effort to Help Others

• Spiritual struggle to overcome your weakness ( anger, cursing, lying, judging…..)
• Effort to help others
• A) family
• B) friends
• C) church

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• My Father is working until now, and I am working John 5: 17

Jesus Help Joseph the carpenter

Ministry to the others

• or I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
• ³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?³⁸ When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? ³⁹ Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

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Ministry

• Do as much as you can
• Start at home
• Next your friends ( college, work)
• Next your church

6) Being Humble

• God resist the proud but give grace unto the humble
• (James 4: 6)
• Jesus was the icon of humility
• Birth
• City
• Family
• Job
• Disciples
• Death

Manifestations of Humility

• 1) Don’t brag about your achievements
• 2) Give thanks to Christ for your success
• 3) Point out to those who helped you ( team members)
• 4) Accept criticism
• 5) Be quick to apologize
• 6) Don’t be argumentative
• 7) Forgive others mistakes

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7) Care About The Poor

• Blessed is the man who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day/ Psalm 41:1.
• He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given. Psalm 19: 17
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Bishop Abram Kindness to The poor Widow

• He gave her his own old Blanket in the cold winter and stayed without covering

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• One hour later a generous man donated truck loaded with new blankets to him

Fr Luke Sidarous of Alexandria

• He used to give an old widow 10 Egyptian pounds monthly to help her out

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• Then later, he went to visit a paralytic man and found out this widow split 10 pounds with him and give him 5 pounds every month
• The poor gives to the poor

III. Practical steps

• 1) Sit down with yourself and set up a plan
• 2) Start and don’t delay
• 3) keep going and don’t look back
• 4) Be patience upon results

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