Resources by Topic: Happiness

Randy Alcorn, author of Happiness, talks to students at Trinity Christian Academy about finding their happiness in Jesus Christ.

Randy Alcorn, author of Happiness, talks to students at Trinity Christian Academy about finding their happiness in Jesus Christ. 

Randy Alcorn, author of Happiness, talks to students at Trinity Christian Academy about finding their happiness in Jesus Christ. 

Randy Alcorn, author of Happiness, talks to students at Trinity Christian Academy about finding their happiness in Jesus Christ.

Randy Alcorn, author of Happiness, talks to students at Trinity Christian Academy about finding their happiness in Jesus Christ. 

Randy Alcorn, author of Happiness, talks to students at Trinity Christian Academy about finding their happiness in Jesus Christ. 

Randy Alcorn, author of Happiness, talks to students at Trinity Christian Academy about finding their happiness in Jesus Christ. 

Randy Alcorn, author of Happiness, talks to students at Trinity Christian Academy about finding their happiness in Jesus Christ. 

In this interview with Susie Larson on her Live the Promise show, Randy Alcorn explains how the word blessed has a lot more to do with happiness than most Christians realize.

But what if our desire for happiness comes from God? What if he wired his image bearers for happiness before sin entered the world?

By God’s grace, as the years have passed, I’ve experienced a more consistent heartfelt gladness and delight in Christ. That—not perpetual and unsustainable ecstasy—is what this book is about.

Randy Alcorn (Heaven), director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, serves as a guide on the road toward true happiness and fulfillment in this hefty but appealing tome. 

These are the diagrams, charts, and appendices in Randy Alcorn's book Happiness, referenced here primarily for listeners of the Audiobook. 

Like many of you, I periodically experience times of discouragement. During these times, I fight it by engaging in self-talk similar to Psalm 116:7—“Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.”