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In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book.

If you want to get somewhere, guesswork is a poor strategy. The goal of getting to Heaven is worthy of greater advanced planning than we’d give to any other journey.

God holds us accountable for every word we say, including the careless ones we share over the internet. Jesus said, “But I tell you that men will have to give account on the Day of Judgment for every careless word they have spoken” (Matthew 12:36). This means we better think carefully before we hit post or reply.

Question from a reader: In your book Heaven you say that our bodies on the New Earth will be the same bodies that we have now, but they will be “upgraded” and “glorified”. But 2 Corinthians 5:1 talks about our earthly tents being destroyed. How does this harmonize with your thoughts about our eternal bodies?

Two brothers, Jerry Bridges and Gary Smalley, went to Jesus last Sunday, March 6. I knew and loved them both. 

It’s vital that parents and church leaders understand some of the major reasons behind the trend of college students who are abandoning their faith in Christ, and know what they can do now to help their children prepare for the challenges ahead.

It’s likely not marked on your calendar, and you’ve probably never heard of it—but March 20 is the International Day of Happiness. As I researched my book Happiness, I began to wonder: what would it look like if evangelical churches led the way in annually participating, by celebrating the good news of happiness that Isaiah 52:7 talks about?

Many people, including myself, regularly give away booklets. It doesn’t take much effort, and when it does, it’s more than worth it. 

God’s intention for humans was that we would occupy the whole Earth and reign over it, to God’s glory. This reigning, expanding, culture-enriching purpose of God for mankind on Earth was never revoked or abandoned. 

A godly Bible teacher was asked what helped him most to walk in the Spirit. Of course, he studied God’s Word and met with the Lord daily. But his surprising reply to the question was this: “Getting eight hours of sleep each night.”

I love these comments on preaching. The author, Reverend John Kennedy, was speaking of the preachers of Ross-shire who were not like those described at the beginning of each paragraph, but like those described at the end. 

The food chain may seem natural to us, but I believe it violates God’s original design. No more curse and death means no more food chain involving living creatures. As radical a shift as that may seem, it will likely be a return to God’s original design.

God created things as means to help us delight in Him. The problems start when we believe we can find more happiness in God’s creation than in God Himself.

Someday this upside-down world will be turned right side up. Nothing in all eternity will turn it back again. If we are wise, we will spend our brief lives on earth positioning ourselves for the turn.