Happiness

“The percentage of U.S. adults evaluating their lives well enough to be considered ‘thriving’ on Gallup’s Life Evaluation Index stood at 48.9% in Quarter 1, 2025, matching the previous estimate from Quarter 4, 2024…. the first time since spring 2020 that the thriving rate has been under 50% for two consecutive measurement periods” - Gallup

“Some Christians see happiness as the virtual opposite of holiness. But Scripture says otherwise.” - Randy Alcorn

“To be godly is to resemble God. If God were unhappy, we’d need to pursue unhappiness…. Fortunately, however, God doesn’t condemn or merely tolerate our desire to be happy; He gave us that longing.” - Randy Alcorn

“While happiness is what we all want and what believers throughout the centuries affirmed is a good desire when it’s sought in Christ, countless modern Christians have been taught various myths about happiness—including the false ‘happiness vs. joy’ dichotomy” - Randy Alcorn

“One of the report’s most striking revelations is that being kind and expecting kindness from others—believing that your wallet would be returned if you lost it—are stronger predictors of happiness than avoiding major negative events like crime or economic hardship.” - Gallup

“According to Barna, 84% of Americans believe the ‘highest goal of life is to enjoy it as much as possible,’ 86% believe that to be fulfilled requires you to ‘pursue the things you desire most,’ while 91% affirm that ‘the best way to find yourself is by looking within yourself.’” - Breakpoint

“So it is with all secondary sources of happiness. Things such as art, music, literature, sports, careers, and hobbies generate no light on their own. The light they bring comes from ‘the Father of lights’ (James 1:17).” - Randy Alcorn

“Forty-four percent of Americans say they are ‘very satisfied’ with the way things are going in their personal life, the lowest by two percentage points in Gallup’s trend dating back to 2001. This also marks the continuation of a decline in personal satisfaction since January 2020, when the measure peaked at 65%.” - Gallup

“Some people suppose happiness is uniquely human, unrelated to God’s nature: as He gave us a body and hunger, which He doesn’t have, He gave us a capacity for happiness, which He also doesn’t have. I believe something radically different” - Randy Alcorn

“The research broke non-practicing Christians into three subcategories and found that ‘practicing Christians’ who attend church services at least once a month identify as Christian and describe their faith as ‘strongly important to them’ score higher than all three groups of ‘nones.’” - CPost