WHAT BRINGS HAPPINESS TALK—part 1
1.	(SLIDE: ) Most people say that one of the most important things in life is to find happiness.  And there are all kinds of ways that people try to be happy: Money, sex, popularity, religion, education and many others.  But, what really DOES bring happiness and how do we know it?  It would be foolish to waste our lives and time and money on something that doesn’t produce the results we want it to. So, today we’re going to look at some of the basics of what brings happiness.  In part 2 we’ll go deeper and find out why the most popular class now at Harvard University is a class on how to be happy.
2.	When I ask my students at Dongeui university and before at SDA what their goals are in life…most of them write that they want to be happy and many think the way to be happy is to make a lot of money, be famous, be extremely smart, etc.  
3.	TV shows and much media tell us that these are ways to happiness, but is that really true?  Let’s look at what some rich people say.
4.	(SLIDE: ) Millionaire hip-hop promoter Russell Simmons told John Stossel (an American ABC news reporter) that wealth didn't make him or his friends happy either. "If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people," he said.  Simmons' brother, Reverend Run was the lead rapper for Run DMC. He realized money wouldn't buy happiness when he was at the peak of his career. 
5.	trying to commit suicide in 2006.  Obviously, those things didn’t bring him happiness either.
6.	(SLIDE: ) Jay Gould, an American millionaire, said on the day of his death, "It is I that have led the most foolish life in the world!" “I suppose I am the most miserable devil on earth". 
7.	(SLIDE: ) Billionaire Aristotle Onassis who married Jacqueline Kennedy, said just before he died: "I've just been a machine for making money. I seem to have spent my life in a golden tunnel looking for the outlet which would lead to happiness. But the tunnel kept going on." His daughter Christina Onassis felt similarly and attempted suicide. 
8.	 (SLIDE: ) Arnold Schwarzenegger said recently, “Money doesn't make you happier.  Last year I earned $40 million dollars. This year I earned $50 million dollars. I am not any happier." from the book "I Can Make You Rich" by Paul Mckenna
9.	(SLIDE: ) Owen Wilson is a famous comedian with many hit movies…but all his money and fame didn’t stop him from (SLIDE: ) Simon Cowell, judge for American Idol, the singing contest said in an interview recently, “There are so many unhappy billionaires.”  http://canentrepreneur.blogspot.com/2006/02/simon-cowell-so-many-unhappy.html 
10.	(SLIDE: ) Dave Chappelle was a famous comedian at the height of his career.  In 2003, his show, Chapelle’s show, became wildly popular, and ran for 2 years.  
11.	The DVD sales from his show even beat the #1 selling TV show DVD, the Simpson’s.
12.	In 2005, the TV network offered him around $55 million to continue the popular TV show for another 2 years.
13.	But, Chapelle stunned the network and many fans by turning down the offer, suspending production and secretly disappearing from America.  
14.	How many of you here would reject an offer to make $55 million in 2 years?   Anyone?
15.	The reasons why Chapelle did that reveal a common illusion in our modern society that many people don’t realize.   
16.	(SLIDE: ) Chapelle finally returned to America and explained his actions on the Oprah Winfrey show. He said, “I would go to work on the show and I felt awful every day... I felt like some kind of prostitute or something. If I feel so bad, why keep on showing up to this place?”
17.	Everyone was laughing at Dave’s work. He had money, fame and everything that many of you desire, but he was feeling awful EVERY DAY.  He was feeling wretched…like a prostitute.
18.	When you watch TV and comedy shows, doesn’t it seem like those entertainers are really happy?  It seems like they have the perfect life…fame, money, sexy dates, lots of free time and laughs all the time in their work.  What could be better?
19.	Well, for many of them, what you see about their lives on TV is just an act…just an illusion created to make a good living.
20.	(SLIDE: ) This fact was emphasized in Korea not long ago when 2 entertainers, Jung Da Bin and Yuni, committed suicide a couple years ago.  
21.	(SLIDE: ) 2 beautiful and successful young women who millions were jealous of, didn’t think their lives were good enough to continue living.  More recently, Choi Jin Shil and Jung Ja Yun also committed suicide.  Their money and fame didn’t keep them happy.  
22.	(SLIDE: ) There are MANY MANY other entertainers who have done the same thing or who like Hale Berry wanted to do the same thing.  
23.	Would it be smart for us to spend enormous efforts trying to achieve something that didn’t make others happy? NO!
24.	Here are others who tried and failed to achieve happiness in the way media tells us you can find it:
25.	(SLIDE: ) Severus, Severus, a Roman emperor said, "I have been everything, and everything is nothing!" 
26.	 (SLIDE: ) Ed Diener, a University of Illinois psychologist, found no significant difference when he compared the overall well-being of billionaires and millionaires on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans with Maasai herdsmen in East Africa.
27.	(SLIDE: ) Money magazine columnist, Jean Chatsky, wrote a book called, “You Don’t Have to be Rich.” In it she shows that money only improves happiness if you are lacking the basic necessities like food, clean water, housing, medical care, education and things like that.  After surveying many rich people, she wrote that more than $50,000/year doesn’t increase your happiness at all. The equivalent money in Korea would be about 1,900,000 won per month. If you make more money than that, it won’t help you be happier. 
28.	Money and fame can be useful and helpful in reaching other goals, but if you’re #1 goal is to be rich or famous, it won’t guarantee happiness. ("A celebrity is someone who works all his life to become famous enough to be recognised, and then goes around in dark glasses so no one will know who he is!").
29.	(SLIDE: ) So money is important for us to take care of our basic needs, but fame and wealth didn’t keep Chappelle happy.  It didn’t for Yuni, Dabin, Hale Berry, Owen Wilson or millions of others.  Their experience is that money and fame don’t guarantee happiness, esp. if it’s your #1 goal. So, it is kind of foolish for us to think that these things will make us happy when they didn’t help others happy. 
30.	(SLIDE: ) There are many teachers and students in this room.  Education is obviously important, and passing a test or graduating will give you some happiness for a short time.  But, if knowledge is your #1 goal in life, will you definitely be happy?  
31.	(SLIDE: ) Voltaire, a famous French philosopher wrote "I; wish I had never been born".
32.	(SLIDE: ) Philip Katz, the genius inventor of a zip file program used around the world, died at 37 from chronic alcohol abuse.  
33.	(SLIDE: ) Van Gogh was a genius artist, but had many bouts with depression eventually ending in suicide.  
34.	(SLIDE: ) Ernest Hemingway was an author, journalist and Nobel laureate (1899-1961). He was smart, but he failed in 4 marriages and eventually committed suicide in 1961. He said, “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
35.	There are many other very smart people whose intelligence didn’t bring them happiness.
36.	(SLIDE: ) There are many other things that can be #1 in your life, but are also dead ends for millions of people: partying, sex, music, business, philosophy and much more.  
37.	(SLIDE: ) God didn’t want your life to be the lives of these people, a lot of stressful years and no joy when you reach your goal.  That’s why the 1st commandment that God gave to people says, “Don’t make anything else as more important than God”. Life doesn’t work well when we violate that commandment.
38.	All these people could have found happiness and not wasted their lives by reading the truths that God gave in the Bible.
39.	(SLIDE: ) In the Bible, a king named Solomon, had all the money a person could dream of and he also was incredibly smart. He tried all the roads to happiness that people talk about. Ecclesiastes 1:16-18 says that he was smart and tried to gain ALL wisdom, but it only brought sorrow.
40.	(SLIDE: ) Then in Ecclesiastes 2, he tried pleasure, good food, drinking alcohol, marrying many sexy women (he had 1000 gorgeous wives) as his #1 goal.  
41.	(SLIDE: ) He also wanted to make a great name for himself and so built many impressive buildings. But, after a while, he realized that all this was meaningless.
42.	(SLIDE: ) In chapter 4, he thought about other kinds of success such as in politics, but concluded that they also don’t bring lasting happiness.
43.	(SLIDE: ) In chapter 5, he writes: 10 “Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
44.	(SLIDE: ) Solomon did find things that brought happiness, but this was his conclusion, Eccl. 12: 13 Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. 14 God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad. (SLIDE: Korean)
45.	(SLIDE: ) Recently many scientists have been studying what brings happiness to people. In 1998, Seligman became the president of the American Psychological Association (A.P.A.).  He turned psychology in a very new direction.  He said, "I realized that my profession was half-baked. It wasn't enough for us to nullify disabling conditions and get to zero. We needed to ask, What are the enabling conditions that make human beings flourish? How do we get from zero to plus five?"  
46.	For most of its history, psychology had concerned itself with all that ails the human mind: anxiety, depression, neurosis, obsessions, paranoia, delusions. But, now they started doing research on what really makes people happy.
47.	What they learned is very important for you to know so you can avoid chasing fantasies.  It's also important, that what they are learning confirms 100% what Solomon told us.
48.	The researchers agreed that wealth, education, a high IQ, and youth as well as marriage and good weather aren’t a guarantee of happiness.  
49.	(SLIDE: ) They found things that really DO bring happiness though and their research matches very well with what this rich playboy king and others in the Bible said ~3,000 years ago. 
50.	This shows that if you put God as #1 in your life, you can avoid wasting time on many dead end roads long before the scientists figure out what’s true. 
51.	(SLIDE: ) 1) BE THANKFUL: At UCLA, psychologist Robert Emmons asked people to write down their blessings once a week. The ones who did this were significantly happier about life than those who did not.  
52.	In addition, being thankful improved physical health, raised energy levels and relieved some pain and fatigue. 
53.	The ones who were more thankful and wrote more details, benefited the most and were happiest.  
54.	Professor Emmons found that single most effective way to turbocharge your joy, is to make a "gratitude visit." That means writing a testimonial thanking a teacher, pastor or grandparent—anyone to whom you owe a debt of gratitude—and then visiting that person to read him or her the letter of appreciation. 
55.	Another way is to take time to write down 3 three blessings each day.  He said that, "People are less depressed and happier three months later and six months later." after doing this.  
56.	(SLIDE: ) The Bible writers knew all this 3,000 years ago.  The Bible says: “Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (SLIDE: ) 
 (optional: “And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.” Colossians 3:15)
57.	So, take time to be thankful often as God said.  It will increase your happiness.
58.	(SLIDE: ) 2) DO ACTS OF KINDNESS: Another happiness booster, is performing acts of kindness—visiting a nursing home, helping a friend's child with homework, mowing a neighbor's lawn, writing a letter to a grandparent. Doing five kind acts a week, especially all in a single day, gave an important boost to happiness in experiments. 
59.	(SLIDE: ) God said in the Bible, “Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” Matt. 5:6  (SLIDE: )  and 
60.	(SLIDE: ) “God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice,[b]for they will be satisfied.7 God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Ephesians 4:32 (SLIDE: )
61.	(SLIDE: ) 3) GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH FRIENDS & FAMILY:  A 2002 study at the University of Illinois by professors Diener and Seligman found that the happiest 10% of students had very strong relationships with friends and family and a commitment to spending time with them.  Probably you knew this.
62.	Many principles in the Bible help relationships to improve, honesty, forgiveness, helpfulness, humility, unselfishness and more.  
63.	(SLIDE: ) But, did you know that God also experiences pleasure from family relationships.  The Bible says that “God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.” Ephesians 1:5 (SLIDE: )
64.	(SLIDE: ) Jesus is God.  He is the creator.  But, he desired a relationship with you so much that he became a man.  This is far more difficult than for you to leave Korea for your whole life and live in Bangladesh as a beggar.  But, Jesus did this.  He humbled himself and experienced all the things that we experience so that he could sympathize with us.  There are many men who wanted to be God.  But, there is only one God who wanted to be man—Jesus. 
65.	(SLIDE: ) Jesus loves you so much that He died on a cruel cross for your sins.  This is the ultimate sacrifice by God.  And why?  He wanted a relationship with you forever.
66.	(SLIDE: ) One of the 10 commandments that Jesus gave to us is the Sabbath Commandment.  God said, make relationships a priority.  Don’t always work all the time. Every Sabbath, quit your work.  Quit your studying. 
67.	(SLIDE: )  Get rid of the stresses and burdens in your life.  Meet with me.  Meet with my people and your family.  Look for ways to help others and improve their lives.  This is what Sabbath is all about.  
68.	(SLIDE: ) God knows that relationships are critical for happiness. It was so important that he spoke it in thunder from a mountain to people.  Make relationships with God and people your priority.  This will bring the best happiness in your life.  
69.	(SLIDE: ) God intends that the relationships that you start with Him and others here on earth will last forever.  In several places, the Bible says that God is preparing mansions for us so we can be with Him and his people forever. 
70.	God’s commands are never meant to restrict your life.  They are always meant to enrich and satisfy your life.  Jesus said: 
71.	(SLIDE: ) "Are you tired? Worn out? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."  Matt. 11:28   Message version (SLIDE: )
72.	(SLIDE: )  Psalms 103:5 says that God “He fills my life with good things.” (SLIDE: )
73.	 (OPTIONAL: Solomon wrote that it is good for us to enjoy life with people. “18Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life. Eccl. 5:18 (and 19-20)
74.	One singer wrote a song called “I’ll Take Love over Money”.  In the song he gave his listeners choices…which would you choose:
1) Would you like to have a steak and lobster served on the finest china with a bottle of the world's greatest wine in a crystal glass, ALONE.  OR would you rather have a sandwich, some French fries and a cherry pie underneath a big oak tree and sittin' on a blanket snuggled up with the one you love.
75.	2) Would you like to be in Paris, the city of romance all alone, or at a city festival eating cotton candy and kissing the one you love.
76.	3) Would you rather have a hot red Ferrari and no one ever riding with you or a used pickup truck driving with good music on the radio and snuggled up to the one you love?  The chorus concludes, “I’ll take love over money, any day”. 

I agree completely! Be committed to your family and friends if you want deep happiness. The most important part of your family in the Bible is your creator, God.  Make sure to spend time with Him as well.  This brings Him joy. 
77.	(SLIDE: ) 4) SERVICE--USING YOUR STRENGTHS:  Professor’s Seligman's biggest recommendation for lasting happiness is to figure out (courtesy of his website, reflectivehappiness.com) your strengths and find new ways to use them to help people. 
78.	He and other professors are finding that happiness is connected to human strengths and virtues such as generosity, humor, gratitude and zest.  
79.	He is a professor and so he was somewhat sad that, "The cerebral virtues—curiosity, love of learning—are less strongly tied to happiness than interpersonal virtues like kindness, gratitude and capacity for love."  So, find out your talents and use them to improve the lives of others. If you are sad, start serving others and helping their needs.  You will be a lot happier.  
80.	(SLIDE: ) Albert Schweitzer, winner of 2 Nobel prizes wrote, “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know : the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”  
81.	(SLIDE: )우리의 운명이 앞으로 어떻게 전개될지 나는 모른다. 그러나 하나는 안다. 앞으로 진정하게 행복한 삶을 살아갈 사람들은 남에게 봉사하는 방법을 발견하고 찾는 사람들이다. 
- 알버트 슈바이처(1875~1965) : 독일 선교사, 의사, 음악가, 신학자
The Bible said long ago, “There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.”Acts 20:35
82.	(SLIDE: ) 5) FAITH IN GOD is one of the very biggest causes of happiness according to many researchers.  Research from several studies found that 75 percent of churchgoers stated that they were happy with life, compared with just 54 percent from those that that never attend a church service.   Look at this chart about happiness .  
83.	It was similar when they compared people who read the Bible and those who didn’t. Those who read the Bible were quite a bit happier on average than those who didn’t.  
84.	For me personally, belief in God has helped a LOT!  When I went through hard times, I could still be happy knowing that God has given me many blessings and privileges.  
85.	I also know that this world is not the end of my life.  Someday God will give me eternal life in a place that doesn’t have all the stress and burdens that this earthly life has.  This is something that also helps me to handle the disappointments and trials that I go through here on earth.  
86.	(SLIDE: ) The Bible said this long ago. “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” (SLIDE: )
87.	When we put God first, God will take care of all our needs.  
88.	There are many ways that the Bible helps us live a more satisfying and meaningful life.  
89.	(SLIDE: ) I recently went to American for my grandpa’s 100th year birthday party. I ask him what brought the most happiness in his life.  He said these things brought him happiness:
1) Working, raising and playing with family, children and 49 great grandchildren.
2) Working for the church, helping people to know God.
3) Using his hands and talents to help other people
90.	These match exactly with several of the principles for science and the Bible.
91.	(SLIDE: ) CONCLUSION: My friends, you have a wonderful life ahead of you with many opportunities.  God has given you the most incredible gift…life.  Don’t waste it chasing all kinds of things that you will never enjoy anyway.  
92.	Listen to the wisdom from King Solomon in the Bible that is always true and helps us live the most satisfying life.  Solomon said, 
Eccl. 11:9 Young people,[d] it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do. 
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” (SLIDE: )
93.	(SLIDE: ) Friends, God gave us many many truths that can help you avoid wasting your life and that can really satisfy you.  He knows all the ways to REAL and long term happiness and he put them in the Bible 1000s of years before scientists discovered them. I really encourage you to start attending church, and studying the Bible so you can learn those ways and many other wonderful truths that God put there. If you do this, the Bible says that God fills our life with many good things. 
94.	Let’s read this together.
Psalms 103 1 Let all that I am praise the Lord;  with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
 3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.
 4 He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
 5 He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
95.	Thank you for listening and I pray that you trust God with your life since He is the source of real and eternal happiness.

QUESTIONS
1.	What is the happiest memory of your life?
2.	What is something very sad that happened to you?
3.	What are some things that make you happy?
4.	What situations make you sad, angry or depressed?
5.	Do you feel happy about the same things as your friend or family members? Why do you think so?
6.	Has money ever made you happy?  How about clothes or shoes or a car or a house?  How long were you REALLY happy because of buying those things? How long did the thrill last?
7.	Which principle of happiness surprised you most? Why?
8.	Were you surprised that scientists are confirming the Bible’s methods of happiness?   What did you learn from that?
9.	God gave many wise ideas in the Bible on how to be happy.  Science proves that they work.  How are you going to try to do live these 5 principles in your life from now on?
10.	Do you know all the best ways to live life or do you need more wisdom to help you make good choices?
11.	What is the guide for your life?  What helps you to make the best choices that really bring satisfaction?  
12.	The Bible has answers for many of life’s challenges.  What wisdom do you need to know about now to help you live a better life?
13.	Would you like to ask God to be the guide for your life? Would you like to know more?   If you have questions about God or want to ask him to be the leader of your life and to bring you real happiness, please tell a teacher or e-mail us (Bryan Bissell <bbissell7@yahoo.com> or Dr. Palmer <rcpalmer57@yahoo.com> or Bernard White <bernardsda@yahoo.co.nz> or Derrick <derrick-79@hotmail.com> or Tina Krouse <tkkrouse@hotmail.com>) 

KOREAN (You can also visit these sites): studies online at: www.vop.or.kr and www.adventist.or.kr

MANY LANGUAGES
1.	God’s Story Video: http://www.inspirationalfilms.org/  (modern update..very good in English…other languages good too)  http://christiananswers.net/godstory/  (click on language)
Video Movie of the story of the Bible and Salvation in many languages.
2.	The Way To Salvation (Multi-Lingual): http://www.christiananswers.net/gospel/home.html, http://www.christiananswers.net/korean/gospel/korean1.html
3.	Campus Crusade for Christ: www.ccci.org 
--the original Jesus Video: http://www.higherpraise.com/JesusFilm.htm  (click on language)
--4 laws of how to be a Christian: http://www.ccci.org/laws/languages.html  (click on language)
   	English flash version at: http://www.4laws.org/laws/english/flash/ 
--Interactive: Who is Jesus?: http://www.whoisjesus-really.com/main.htm  (click on language)
http://www.everystudent.com/ (site with excellent and practical materials to reach college students)
4.	Christian Answers Korean site: http://www.christiananswers.net/korean/ 
5.	Korean Christian Bookstores (Korean & English titles) www.lifebook.co.kr, http://www.sijosa.com/ 
6.	Korean SDA Bible Studies: http://www.adventist.or.kr/fg/index.html, http://www.vop.or.kr/main.php
7.	Korean Association for Creation Research (great site with lots of videos and animations!!!) http://www.kacr.or.kr/ 
Bible Studies: http://www.vop.or.kr/main.php   (click on the children's Bible studies)
Bible studies from Voice of Prophecy for kids.

WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY—HANDOUT FOR STUDENTS

INTRO:  When you hear something helpful or interesting, write it down.  Then you can share important things with others and improve their lives.  This is true with classes, lectures in school, speeches, movies, and especially with sermons.  Gateway Internet Site
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55504317105&ref=ts
http://www.eslmission.org/resources.php (click: G.I.F.T. Gateway International Fellowship for Truth)

Aristotle said, "Human happiness is so important it transcends all other worldly considerations."

FOOLISH WAYS TO BE HAPPY
1)	Being rich does NOT guarantee happiness: 
•	Millionaire hip-hop promoter Russell Simmons said, "If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people," he said.
•	Owen Wilson was a famous actor with many hit comedies. But, he committed suicide in 2006.
•	Simon Cowell, judge for American Idol, the singing contest said in an interview recently, “There are so many unhappy billionaires.”  http://canentrepreneur.blogspot.com/2006/02/simon-cowell-so-many-unhappy.html

2)	Being famous does NOT guarantee happiness:
•	Dave Chappelle’s comedy show was the #1 best selling TV show DVD.  He is a millionaire. On the Oprah Winfrey show, he said, “I would go to work on the show and I felt awful every day... I felt like some kind of prostitute or something. If I feel so bad, why keep on showing up to this place?”
•	Jung Da Bin, Choi Jin Shil, Jung Ja Yun and Yuni were famous and wealthy.  But, they committed suicide last year.

3)	Being smart does NOT guarantee happiness:
•	Philip Katz invented PKZIP (the ancestor of alzip).  He was unhappy and became an alcoholic.  He died at 37. 
•	Ernest Hemingway was an author, journalist and Nobel laureate (1899-1961). He was smart, but he failed in 4 marriages and eventually committed suicide in 1961. He said, “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
•	Voltaire, a famous French philosopher wrote "I wish I had never been born".

Ed Diener is a professor of psychology from the University of Illinois. He compared the happiness of the 400 richest Americans and African herdsmen living in huts.  Shockingly, he found that there was no significant difference in their happiness levels. 

Money, education, cars, houses are important to take care of our basic needs, and to achieve more important goals in life.  We know that.  The Bible says that.  But, if they are more important than God and more important than relationships and things like that, you will be much unhappier. 

WHAT DOES MAKE PEOPLE HAPPIER?
1)	BEING THANKFUL MAKES PEOPLE HAPPIER: UCLA psychologist Robert Emmons found that people who write down their blessings every day or every week are much happier than those who didn’t.  Write a letter thanking someone who has helped you a lot (parent, pastor, teacher, friend).  Visit them and give them the note.  This is the best way to increase your joy. The Bible said this 3,000 years ago. “Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 어떤 처지에 있든 감사하는 마음을 잊지 마십시오. 이것은 하나님께서 그리스도 예수를 믿는 여러분에게 바라시는 뜻입니다.

2)	DO ACTS OF KINDNESS: Doing five kind acts a week, especially all in a single day, gave a big boost to happiness in experiments. Visit a nursing home, help someone with homework, make food for someone, helping someone who is sick, etc. God said in the Bible, “Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” Matt. 5:6  올바르게 살려고 애쓰는 사람들은 행복하다. 그들이 만족할 것이다.

3)	GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH FRIENDS & FAMILY:  A 2002 study at the University of Illinois by professors Diener and Seligman found that the happiest 10% of students had very strong relationships with friends and family and a commitment to spending time with them.  Many principles in the Bible help relationships to improve, honesty, forgiveness, helpfulness, humility, unselfishness and more.  Make sure to spend significant time on your relationships every week.
4)	SERVICE--USING YOUR STRENGTHS:  Professor’s Seligman says the best way to boost your happiness is to find your talents and serve others with those talents.
Albert Schweitzer, winner of 2 Nobel prizes wrote, “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know : the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”  우리의 운명이 앞으로 어떻게 전개될지 나는 모른다. 그러나 하나는 안다. 앞으로 진정하게 행복한 삶을 살아갈 사람들은 남에게 봉사하는 방법을 발견하고 찾는 사람들이다.  - 알버트 슈바이처(1875~1965) : 독일 선교사, 의사, 음악가, 신학자
The Bible said long ago, “There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.”Acts 20:35  그리고 나는 가난한 사람들을 돕는 일에도 언제나 여러분에게 본보기가 되려고 하였습니다. `주는 것이 받는 것보다 복이 있다'고 하신 주님의 말씀이 내 머리에서 떠나지 않았기 때문입니다.' 

5)	FAITH IN GOD/GOING TO CHURCH is one of the very biggest causes of happiness according to many researchers.  Research from several studies found that 75 percent of churchgoers stated that they were happy with life, compared with just 54 percent from those that that never attend a church service. More people who read the Bible are very happy.  More people who go to church frequently are happier. These are some reasons that I and others experience about how belief in God benefits our lives:
1) Belief in God helps us know that there is an important purpose for my life and that we were created to be in a relationship with our creator and to improve the world that we are born into. 
2) Belief in God helps us know that even if people on earth don’t love us at times, God really cares a lot all the time.
3) If we follow God’s principles, it helps us avoid anger, depression, jealousy and other negative emotions that hurt happiness. It helps us to keep positive emotions towards others that restore and improve relationships.
4) Belief in God helps us be honest about the problems that we have in our lives. It helps us admit our character flaws and helps us to conquer these character problems.  This helps improve relationships.
5) Belief in God requires that we forgive others and treat even those we dislike with kindness and respect.  This helps restore and repair relationships and even begin some new ones.
6) Following the principles of health in the Bible gives us many more years of life and a better quality of life. Health is a very basic foundation of happiness.
7) When we go through injustice, hard times and tragedy, we can still have hope because we know that this world is not all there is.  There is also a future in heaven that is much better than anything on earth.

I went to American for my grandpa’s 100th year birthday party. I ask him what brought the most happiness in his life.  He said these things brought him happiness:
1) Working, raising and playing with family, children and 49 great grandchildren.
2) Working for the church, helping people to know God.
3) Using his hands and talents to help other people

These match exactly with the principles of kindness/service, emphasizing relationships and faith in God that both science and the Bible have told us are important for real, long lasting happiness.

CONCLUSION: My friends, you have a wonderful life ahead of you with many opportunities.  God has given you the most incredible gift…life.  Don’t waste it chasing all kinds of things that will never bring real and long term happiness anyway.  

God gave us many truths that can help you avoid wasting your life and that can really satisfy you.  Science is confirming many of them. God knows all the ways to REAL and long term happiness and he put them in the Bible 1000s of years before scientists discovered them. I really encourage you to start attending church, and studying the Bible so you can learn those ways and many other wonderful truths that God put there. If you do this, the Bible says that God fills our life with many good things. I pray that you trust God with your life since He is the source of real and eternal happiness.

QUESTIONS (for non-Christians seeking truth)
1.	What is the happiest memory of your life?
2.	What is something very sad that happened to you?
3.	What are some things that make you happy?
4.	What situations make you sad, angry or depressed?
5.	Do you feel happy about the same things as your friend or family members? Why do you think so?
6.	Has money ever made you happy?  How about clothes or shoes or a car or a house?  How long were you REALLY happy because of buying those things? How long did the thrill last?
7.	Which principle of happiness surprised you most? Why?
8.	Were you surprised that scientists are confirming the Bible’s methods of happiness?   What did you learn from that?
9.	God gave many wise ideas in the Bible on how to be happy.  Science proves that they work.  How are you going to try to do live these 5 principles in your life from now on?
10.	Do you know all the best ways to live life or do you need more wisdom to help you make good choices?
11.	What is the guide for your life?  What helps you to make the best choices that really bring satisfaction?  
12.	The Bible has answers for many of life’s challenges.  What wisdom do you need to know about now to help you live a better life?
13.	Would you like to ask God to be the guide for your life? Would you like to know more?   If you have questions about God or want to ask him to be the leader of your life and to bring you real happiness, please tell a teacher or e-mail us (Bryan Bissell <bbissell7@yahoo.com>) 

KOREAN (You can also visit these sites): studies online at: www.vop.or.kr and www.adventist.or.kr

MANY LANGUAGES
8.	God’s Story Video: http://www.inspirationalfilms.org/  (modern update..very good in English…other languages good too)  http://christiananswers.net/godstory/  (click on language)
Video Movie of the story of the Bible and Salvation in many languages.
9.	The Way To Salvation (Multi-Lingual): http://www.christiananswers.net/gospel/home.html, http://www.christiananswers.net/korean/gospel/korean1.html
10.	Campus Crusade for Christ: www.ccci.org 
--the original Jesus Video: http://www.higherpraise.com/JesusFilm.htm  (click on language)
--4 laws of how to be a Christian: http://www.ccci.org/laws/languages.html  (click on language)
   	English flash version at: http://www.4laws.org/laws/english/flash/ 
--Interactive: Who is Jesus?: http://www.whoisjesus-really.com/main.htm  (click on language)
http://www.everystudent.com/ (site with excellent and practical materials to reach college students)
11.	Christian Answers Korean site: http://www.christiananswers.net/korean/ 
12.	Korean Christian Bookstores (Korean & English titles) www.lifebook.co.kr, http://www.sijosa.com/ 
13.	Korean SDA Bible Studies: http://www.adventist.or.kr/fg/index.html, http://www.vop.or.kr/main.php
Korean Association for Creation Research (great site with lots of videos and animations!!!) http://www.kacr.or.kr/ 
Bible Studies: http://www.vop.or.kr/main.php   (click on the children's Bible studies)
Bible studies from Voice of Prophecy for kids.

PROJECT
Write a happiness journal.  For 1 week, continue to live as you have and record your happiness levels and your feeling and attitude every day on a scale of 1 to 10.   Then choose 5 of these principles of happiness and try to follow them consistently for 2-3 weeks.  Record your happiness level and your feeling and attitude every day in the same way.  Compare your results. Which activities helped you feel happier? Which didn’t make much difference? Why do you think some activities helped you and others didn’t?  
60 minutes on yahoo to check for yourself.  Compare them with the Bible verses above at www.biblegateway.com (English Bible, New Living Translation is easiest to understand) and www.bible4u.pe.kr (Korean Bible, TKV version is best).

EXTRAS—NOT ORGANIZED
Research: 연구, 과학적 탐구, 학술 조사
When you hear something helpful or interesting, write it down.  Then you can share important things with others and improve their lives.  This is true with classes, lectures in school, speeches, movies, and especially with sermons.  Gateway Internet Site
Ellen White writes:  “Whenever you are listening to an interesting discourse, take notes and mark down the passages that the minister uses, so that you can review the subject carefully. Then after faithful study you will soon be able to give a synopsis of the discourses, in the form of Bible readings, to some who do not come to our meetings." {CT 549.4}

Sex doesn’t bring happiness
Rick Warren writes, “God has not called you to be creative.  He has called you to be effective.”

Destiny’s song #9, praise him, praise him, change words though.
5 ideas from Dr. Ben Shahar
questions

QUESTIONS
1.	What is the happiest memory of your life?
2.	What is something very sad that happened to you?
3.	What are some things that make you happy?
4.	What situations make you sad, angry or depressed?
5.	Do you feel happy about the same things as your friend or family members? Why do you think so?
6.	Has money ever made you happy?  How about clothes or shoes or a car or a house?  How long were you REALLY happy because of buying those things? How long did the thrill last?
7.	Were you surprised that scientists are confirming the Bible’s methods of happiness?   What did you learn from that?
8.	God gave many wise ideas in the Bible on how to be happy.  Science proves that they work.  Are you going to try to do these things in your life from now on?
9.	Do you know all the best ways to live life or do you need more wisdom to help you make good choices?
10.	What is the guide for your life?  What helps you to make the best choices that really bring satisfaction?  
11.	The Bible has answers for many of life’s challenges.  What wisdom do you need to know about now to help you live a better life?
12.	Would you like to ask God to be the guide for your life? Would you like to know more?   If you have questions about God or want to ask him to be the leader of your life and to bring you real happiness, please tell a teacher or e-mail us. 

You can also visit these sites:
KOREAN: http://www.adventist.or.kr/faith/index.html (more studies online at: www.vop.or.kr and www.adventist.or.kr)

MANY LANGUAGES
1.	God’s Story Video: http://www.inspirationalfilms.org/  (modern update..very good in English…other languages good too)  http://christiananswers.net/godstory/  (click on language)
Video Movie of the story of the Bible and Salvation in many languages.
2.	The Way To Salvation (Multi-Lingual): http://www.christiananswers.net/gospel/home.html
3.	Campus Crusade for Christ: www.ccci.org 
--the original Jesus Video: http://www.higherpraise.com/JesusFilm.htm  (click on language)
--4 laws of how to be a Christian: http://www.ccci.org/laws/languages.html  (click on language)
   	English flash version at: http://www.4laws.org/laws/english/flash/ 
--Interactive: Who is Jesus?: http://www.whoisjesus-really.com/main.htm  (click on language)
--kids version of the 4 laws in English: http://www.ccci.org/good-news/ 
http://www.everystudent.com/ (site with excellent and practical materials to reach college students)
4.	http://www.christiananswers.net/ (Great site with almost unlimited resources and helps)

Salvation/Evangelism Sites
5.	The way to heaven: http://www.christiananswers.net/korean/gospel/korean1.html
good animation of the 4 laws of salvation:  http://newlife.pe.kr/  
6.	Korean Campus Crusade for Christ: http://www.kccc.org/ 
Jesus film in Korean: http://jesusfilm.kccc.org/
7.	Living in the Spirit: http://www.greatcom.org/spirit/korean/
8.	Christian Answers Korean site: http://www.christiananswers.net/korean/ 
9.	Korean Christian Bookstores (Korean & English titles) www.lifebook.co.kr, http://www.sijosa.com/ 
10.	Discipleship Ministries International (great site for discipleship materials in Korean.  Has Purpose Driven, 40 days of purpose translated into Korean and many other things!): http://www.disciplen.com

Bible Studies, Devotionals and other helps
11.	Korean SDA Bible Studies: http://www.adventist.or.kr/fg/index.html, http://www.vop.or.kr/main.php  (children's Bible studies also available here)
12.	Good Christian music (Korean and English): http://www.ccmradio.co.kr 
13.	“Our Daily Bread” Devotional in Korean: http://www.odb.or.kr/ 
14.	YWAM Korea: http://www.ywamkorea.net, http://www.ywam.co.kr   
15.	Hosanna Net: http://www.hosanna.net/index.asp 
16.	Jesus TV: http://www.jesus.or.kr/
17.	Online Christian Bookstore: http://www.lifebook.co.kr, http://www.sijosa.co.kr 
You can get many good books here!
18.	Good Music: www.ccmradio.co.kr  (English&Korean),http://www.higherpraise.com/HigherImpact.htm 

Science
Korean Association for Creation Research (great site with lots of videos and animations!!!) http://www.kacr.or.kr/