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?

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.

Resources from Randy Alcorn that pastors and group leaders can use on the subject of God's happiness, and ours.

In this interview with Faithlife's Daniel Di Bartolo, Randy Alcorn talks about joy and happiness. He talks about the misconceived notion that joy is more Biblical than happiness. 

Consider Isaiah 52:7, which says, “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness.” Paul clearly refers to Isaiah 52:7 in Romans 10:15 as he references the gospel, demonstrating this “good news of happiness” is in fact nothing else but the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ.

In January 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Hope Chapel Maui in Kihei, Hawaii on the subject of Heaven. In this clip, he connects Heaven to happiness we can experience now. For more information, see Randy's Heaven book.

On January 14, 2016, Randy Alcorn was interviewed by Jerry Robinson on his FTMDaily podcast on "How to Be Happy (with or without money)." 

On January 14, 2016, Randy Alcorn was interviewed by Jerry Robinson on his FTMDaily podcast on "How to Be Happy (with or without money)." 

The new Happiness: God’s Invitation to Delight, Celebration, and Joy study deals with an issue that’s important for us as followers of Jesus and critical to our mission of sharing Him with our world.