Sermon Illustrations

Category: Randy Alcorn

  • Happy forever

    The phrase “eternal life” appears forty-three times in the New Testament. It means far more than living forever—it means being happy forever! Randy AlcornClick to TweetFrom the book “Gods Promise Of Happiness” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Overflow

    Why would a happy God create us if he didn’t need us in order to be happy? Jonathan Edwards offered this answer: “It is no defect in a fountain that it is prone to overflow.”[ Randy AlcornClick to TweetFrom the book “Gods Promise Of Happiness” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Is God happy?

    IS GOD BY NATURE HAPPY OR UNHAPPY? I’m convinced most people view God as typically unhappy. They think, Maybe he has occasional moments of happiness, but because we sin we make God unhappy over and over. But this logic begins in the wrong place—with us. We flatter ourselves by imagining we are the primary source…

  • Happy God

    Charles Spurgeon said of 1 Timothy 1: 11, “The Gospel is also the Gospel of happiness. It is called ‘the glorious Gospel of the blessed God.’ A more correct translation would be, ‘the happy God.’ Well, then, adorn the Gospel by being happy!” Randy AlcornClick to TweetFrom the book “Gods Promise Of Happiness” Available on…

  • Types of happiness

    David Murray identifies six kinds of happiness available to unbelievers and believers alike: social, natural, vocational, physical, intellectual, and humorous. The one remaining component, available only to believers, is spiritual happiness. Murray calls that unique happiness “a joy that at times contains more pleasure and delight than the other six put together.”[ Randy AlcornClick to…

  • Eternity

    You can’t take it with you, but you can send it on ahead Randy AlcornClick to Tweet

  • Prosperity

    God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving Randy AlcornClick to TweetFrom the book “The Treasure Principle” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*