The Spiritual Christian desires holiness over happiness.

Book recommendation: "That Incredible Christian" by A.W. Tozer

Scripture Ref.: 

1. Jeremiah 17:9 ("The Heart is deceitful above all things...")  

2. Ezekiel 36:26 ("I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you...")

3. Deuteronomy 33:29 ("Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD...")

4. Ephesians 1:6 ("...to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.)

5. John 1:18 ("No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.")

6. Romans 8:33-39 ("Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies...")

7. Psalm 144:1-15 ("...happy are the people whose God is the LORD!")

8. John 18:39-40 (Jesus takes the place of Barabbas)

9. Job 15:17-27 ("Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty...")

10. Proverbs 3:11 ("My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, nor detest His correction; for whom the Lord loves He corrects, ...")

11. Hebrews 12:1-11 (God chastens the children of His Kingdom unto His holiness)

12. Revelation 3:14-22 (Christ's letter to the Lukewarm Laodicean church)

13. Revelation 17:14 ("...those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.")

14. 2 Samuel 11 & 12 (David commits adultery with Bathsheba)