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The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.

God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants us to be miserable as he is. God gives us commandments to bless us. The devil would have us break these commandments to curse us.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

Obedience brings peace in decision making. If we have firmly made up our minds to follow the commandments, we will not have to redecide which path to take when temptation comes our way.