How Happiness Happens - Session 2 - Bear with One Another
How Happiness Happens (Max Lucado)
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Every pet peeve writes a check on our joy account. "He gets under my skin." "She gets on my nerves." "He is such a pain in the neck." How can we help people smile if our happiness account is overdrawn. We can't. For this reason, Paul said, "Be patient, bearing with one another in love" (Ephesians 4:2). Learn to have the true patience of one who walks by the Spirit and has the fruit of the Spirit. Stop judging others; instead, focus on building them up and encouraging them.
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