Psalm 84:10 A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. Psalm 4:6-8 Many people say, “Who will show us better times?” Let your face smile on us, LORD. You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine. In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe. 1. EVERYONE WANTS TO BE . Psalm 4:6 Many people say, “Who will show us better times?” Let your face smile on us, LORD. Acts 17:27 His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. 2. GOD-GIVEN JOY IS GREATER THAN JOY. Psalm 4:7 You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine. Genesis 25:29-34 One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry. Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”) “All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.” “Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau. “What good is my birthright to me now?” But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn. Romans 6:16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. 1 Peter 1:8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. (Joy unspeakable and full of glory) 3. I WON’T FIND PEACE ANYWHERE ELSE BUT THROUGH GOD. Psalm 4:8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O LORD, will keep me safe. Jeremiah 17:9 The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? Philippians 4:8-9 Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise….. Then the God of peace will be with you.