Search for Happiness

By Lillie Humphries

Widow Hunphries wrote: “Jesus defines Happiness (Blessed) in The Beatitudes. Many humans want it but don 't know what it is or how to experience it. She writes, “Because he was created in the Image of God, man is a lost and lonely wanderer upon the earth apart from the fellowship with his Creator. To have a knowledge that he exists is not enough. Man must be assured that he is not alone in the world, that a more adequate intelligence and power is guiding his destiny. Man is confused and perplexed apart from truth. Not just the truth of the physical sciences, but the truth about his being; his beginnings, his purpose, his conflicts and his future. Man needs peace, not just so called peace of mind, but a peace of Soul which operates through trials and burdens of life.”

Her grandson William described the author like this: “My regard for religious pilgrims probably stems from my respect for Grandma’s unwavering journey to, and with, God; from witnessing at least in part of her personal pilgrimage. There is no doubt in my mind that she was the ultimate pilgrim, the truest Christian I have ever known, or ever will know, in thought, word and deed. From her I learned about true faith, about an undying certainty that what one believed was right, about humility, about humor and about unconditional love.”

Relating an experience of her labor of love for lost souls, he wrote about a revival meeting, “She was praying for some one. An identified some one. Her heart and faith was on the line. Her hand containing the hankerchief pounding into her other hand, a physical manifestation of her fight. And her tears flowed without concern. I watched tears and elation as each of her targets softened to the call and moved forward. The memory etched in me is of my Grandma there, tears in her eyes, her pounding fist, every ounce of her physical and spiritual strength reaching out to people who she loved that much. Every inch of her small frame was an unselfish spiritual warrior in a way I will never know. I don’t think she stopped fighting that battle at then end of the service, perhaps not even at the end of her life.”

Guy, her son and heir, confirms William’s accurate description of his Mother. She was most blessed, happy, when God’s Holy Spirit answered her passionate prayers for the salvation of the eternal spirit of the target of her “never-give-up” supplications to God. That passion is reflected in “Search for Happiness” as she shares her study from God’s-Word. Now, she is on the front line of the saints in Paradise that rejoice like the shepherd did in Jesus’ parable of the lost sheep in Luke 15 when He said, “In the same way, saints in heaven rejoice over one sinner that comes in repentance to God.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Guy Humphries
• Release date: Nov 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311053398

Lillie Humphries

Now deceased, Born in the Indian Nation Territory of Oklahoma.Reared in Oklahoma but primarily White County, AR.Mother of three boys and one girl. Married over 50 years to John Edgar Humphries. Began writing after his death in 1974, Deceased.Received Jesus' Love GIFT of salvation at 16. Active in serving God at Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Judsonia, AR.

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SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS

By Lillie Mae Moore Humphries

Copyright 2013 Guy Humphries

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This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase another copy for each person with which you are sharing. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of my Mother. All royalties will further the evangelistic ministry of missionaries through her nearly life-long church, Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Judsonia, AR in which cemetery her body lies awaiting the Rapture.

DISCLAIMER: "Search for Happiness" is the result of intense study of God’s-Word by the late Lillie Mae Humphries. It reflects her understanding of God’s descriptions in His-book, the Bible. Permission is hereby granted to copy and distribute up to one chapter.

Guy Humphries, Son and heir of the Author

CONTENTS

Happiness Through Poverty - Chapter 1

Happiness Through Mourning - Chapter 2

Happiness Through Meekness - Chapter 3

Happiness Through Hunger and Thirst - Chapter 4

Happiness Through Showing Mercy - Chapter 5

Happiness Through Purity - Chapter 6

Happiness Through Peacemaking - Chapter 7

Happiness in the Midst of Persecution - Chapter 8

Steps to Happiness - Chapter 9

PRAYER, an added study - Chapter 10

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Image of The Beatitudes from the Bible

Jesus tells how to be Happy in an UNhappy world

A Study of the Beatitudes

SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS

1. Because he was created in the Image of God, man is a lost and lonely wanderer upon

the earth apart from the fellowship with his Creator. To have a knowledge that he exists is not enough. Man must be assured that he is not alone in the world, that a more adequate intelligence and power is guiding his destiny.

2. Man is confused and perplexed apart from truth. Not just the truth of the physical sciences, but the truth about his being; his beginnings, his purpose, his conflicts and his future.

3. Man needs peace, not just so called peace of mind, but a peace of Soul which operates through trials and burdens of life.

The Secret of Happiness is found in Jesus' Beatitudes in Matthew 5.

Chapter 1 – Happiness through Poverty

"Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." 5:3

Most people think if they had all the material things they want they would be happy. However Jesus made it plain that happiness and contentment are not found this away, that they do not bring happiness to the soul. As Jesus began his sermon on the mount, he said blessed (or happy) are the poor in spirit. First you must be aware of your spiritual poverty. No man is more pathetic than he who is in great need and doesn’t know it. Jesus gave us an example in the man who said: "Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry. (from Luke 12:16-21). God called him a fool. And to all of those of every age who are tempted to reason falsely as he did, God said, So is he that layeth up treasures for himself and is not rich toward God." (Luke 12:21)

Our body has certain desires and needs; food, drink, fellowship. But the Bible teaches you are more than a body - you actually are a living soul. Your soul was created in the image of God, and cannot be fully satisfied until it knows God aright. Only God can resolve the deepest longings, desires, appetites