True happiness is not something you can chase down or manufacture on your own -- and the Bible has a surprisingly clear answer for where to find it. In this episode of Marked by Grace, Pastor Heath Lambert unpacks what happiness really is, why pursuing it directly always comes up empty, and how Scripture points us to the one source of happiness that never fades.

0:00 -- Introduction: What Is Happiness?

1:07 -- The Dictionary Definition and What It Reveals

2:33 -- Happiness Is Always a Passenger, Never the Driver

3:38 -- The Character of Your Happiness Depends on What Delivers It

5:19 -- Deuteronomy 33:29 -- Happy Are You, O Israel

6:34 -- What Delivered Israel's Happiness?

7:02 -- Psalm 32:1-2 -- Blessed/Happy Is the One Whose Sin Is Forgiven

7:41 -- The Only Happiness That Never Ends: Jesus and Forgiveness of Sin

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