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The Good Life Bible Study eBook with Video Access includes electronic content for eight sessions, personal study between group sessions, applicable Scripture, “How to Use This Study,” and tips for leading a group. Also, each eBook contains unique codes that enable you to access teaching videos for each session.

Everyone wants to be happy. We spend our money, time, and energy chasing our version of the good life. And on the way, we run ourselves into physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion. But what if the happiness we’re all striving for isn’t the happiness we were created for?

Pastor and author Dr. Derwin L. Gray believes there is a better road to happiness, and it is found in the Beatitudes of Jesus. In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus revealed the shocking, countercultural path to true flourishing. It comes not through wealth, fame, or laughter but through poverty, obscurity, and mourning.

True happiness comes from a heart directed toward the kingdom of God and satisfied in Jesus the King. This 8-session small-group study demonstrates how Jesus taught us to search for, find, and hold on to the good life.

Session topics:
1) Happy are the Beggars
2) Happy are Those Who Lament
3) Happy are the Humble
4) Happy are the Hungry and Thirsty
5) Happy are the Merciful
6) Happy are the Seers
7) Happy are the Peacemakers
8) Happy are the Persecuted

Features:
● Eight small-group sessions
● Eight free teaching videos featuring author Derwin Gray—access included with purchase of Bible Study eBook
● Personal-study opportunities for ongoing spiritual growth

Benefits:
● Find the good life available to those who know Jesus Christ.
● Learn to depend fully upon God.
● Receive comfort from God and extend that comfort to others.
● Hunger and thirst for a deeper relationship with God through Christ.
● Develop endurance when experiencing persecution.
● Practice God-centered humility.
● Become a more merciful person as you extend the mercy of God to others.
● Reflect on the timeless truths of the beatitudes.
● See how God can use you as a peacemaker in your church and community.

What is The Good Life With Dr. Derwin Gray - A Lifeway Bible Study?

Do You Want to Be Happy?
Everyone wants to be happy. We spend our money, time, and energy chasing our version of the good life. And on the way, we run ourselves into physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion. But what if the happiness we’re all striving for isn’t the happiness we were created for?

Pastor and author Dr. Derwin L. Gray believes there is a better road to happiness, and it is found in the Beatitudes of Jesus. In this section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus revealed the shocking, countercultural path to true flourishing. It comes not through wealth, fame, or laughter but through poverty, obscurity, and mourning.

True happiness comes from a heart directed toward the kingdom of God and satisfied in Jesus the King. This 8-session small-group study demonstrates how Jesus taught us to search for, find, and hold on to the good life.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • We have a problem. We're supposed to be happy, • • but we're not. • • • • • • • • We're told that we're going to be happy if we just get the right job, if we get the right education, if we do the right things, if we live in the right neighborhood. We are waiting for these good happens things to happen to us. Uh, but the problem is those good happenings are fleeting and far in between. • • • • • • • What if we're created for a different kind of happiness? Not a happiness from this realm, but a happiness from God's realm? • • • • • Well, Jesus came to Earth. He was the, uh, happiest person who ever existed. And Jesus gives us, um, a happiness manifesto. • • • • • He starts it in the beatitudes, and he walks through certain characteristics in which he forms us into happy people. So here's the deal. Happy is not about happenings to us. It's about the greatest happiness of all. And that's Jesus on the cross. That's Jesus in the resurrection. That he transforms us, uh, into good people. • • That's the good life. That's the happiness • • we're looking for. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •