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ABC Yourself Happy

June 18, 2015 / Cindy Barclay / "Treasure Trove" Blog Roll
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[Tweet “Happy are the people whose God is the Lord! Psalm 144:15 #God #Happy”]

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Don’t you just  love this verse in the Amplified?

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15 Happy and blessed are the people who are in such a state; yes, happy (blessed, fortunate, prosperous, to be envied) are the people whose God is the Lord! Psalm 144:15

Happy are God's people

HAPPY.

BLESSED.

FORTUNATE.

PROSPEROUS.

TO BE ENVIED.

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I’m convinced some people are “blessed” with a happy gene. Others seem to have a hard time seeing why they should be happy at all! 😉

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But Happy is a place we can all live. It starts with knowing we belong to God and His love will never fails us. Here’s the ABC’s of how I find my “Happy” place.

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[Tweet “Find your #GodHappy place. #Live in God’s #presence”]

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A- Arrest negative thoughts

B- Be continually transformed by the renewing of my mind

C- Count my blessings

D- Delight myself in the Lord

E- Exalt His name

F- Fix my eyes on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of my faith

G- Give generously

H- Hope in His promises.

I- Imagine Heaven. (my personal fav)

J- Jump for joy

K- Kick my bad attitudes to the curb.

L- Laugh more.

M- Measure my moments

N- Nestle in God’s love

O- Open my heart to God’s presence

P- Prayer and Praise

Q- Quit worrying

R- Rest in His provision

S- Sing and shout for joy for He is Good!

T- Trust in the Lord with Thanksgiving

U- Understand that God is for me

V- Vanquish my fears

W- Wait upon the Lord

X- Xerox God’s word to my mind

Y- Yield to God’s ways

Z- Zap unhappy, unproductive thoughts

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Friends, I’d love to hear what some of your ABC’s to happiness are! Please share and spread the Happy. 🙂

Christian family, God of Grace, special needs parents, joyful journey

Surprising Treasure:

Proverbs 16:20  20 He who deals wisely and heeds [God’s] word and counsel shall find good, and whoever leans on, trustsin, and is confident in the Lord—happy, blessed, and fortunate is he.

Christian family, God of Grace, joyful journey, special needs parenting

7 comments on “ABC Yourself Happy”

  1. Lux Ganzon says:
    June 19, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    So creative to find happiness using the alphabet. 🙂
    Beautiful!

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    • Cindy Barclay says:
      June 19, 2015 at 8:42 pm

      Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing the love, Lux. #Happy, blessed weekend. 🙂 I’m off to read your blog now.

      Reply
  2. Edy says:
    June 19, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    Oh, I like the alphabet idea. Now I must go compose my own. 🙂 Thank you, dear friend!

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    • Cindy Barclay says:
      June 19, 2015 at 8:40 pm

      Tell me your favorites. The only one I had tinsey winsey trouble with was finding my X word. 😉

      Reply
  3. Edy says:
    June 20, 2015 at 1:16 am

    I like your ABCs so well, I didn’t go back to read a second time until after I made my own list, so I would have to think for myself. 😉 For my X I did “Exalt the Name of the Lord.” But, I do like your clever “Xerox!”

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    • Cindy Barclay says:
      June 20, 2015 at 1:11 pm

      Awesome! I admit- I felt like I had to use a true X word that started with the letter X – not just the sound- so I looked up X words in the Dictionary! Walah! Xerox. 🙂 Hugs

      Reply
  4. Edy says:
    June 20, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    😉

    Reply

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