{"id":24403,"date":"2014-08-11T12:50:54","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T11:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/?p=24403"},"modified":"2017-09-16T18:27:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:27:10","slug":"a-bit-of-happiness-on-a-monday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2014\/08\/a-bit-of-happiness-on-a-monday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"A bit of happiness on a Monday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>So it\u2019s Monday morning. Another week begins. Do you choose weariness and despair, or hope and joy? Last week\u2019s news both in the Church, and in the World was pretty miserable, I think we can all agree on that. <\/p>\n<p>You can imagine then how welcome it was on Sunday to hear at Jubilee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jubileechurchlondon\/posts\/752741951449903\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a sermon on happiness<\/a>. Christians have the source of true happiness that is not dependent on happenings. <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it takes an anthem from the secular world to express things that really should be our domain. But, as we face another week, somehow listening to this embedded song is a something of an antidote. <\/p>\n<p>After you listen, pause, remind yourself that GOD is the source of true happiness, and ask him to help you be full of joy, peace, and all the other fruits of the Spirit this week.  <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 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