Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy [Paperback]

Leslie Vernick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2009

Counselor and author Leslie Vernick has discovered that many people pray, “Lord, I just want to be happy!” With candor, Leslie reveals that readers don’t need new circumstances but a new perspective to discover true happiness. With biblical insight, Leslie guides readers to take simple steps as they…

• recognize and change habits that, day by day, keep them from experiencing happiness
• make good choices and learn from mistakes without beating themselves up
• develop the skills that enable them to let go of negative and painful emotions more quickly
• transform difficult circumstances so they can live with gratitude, joy, and purpose

Application questions help readers work godly thinking, as well as healthy skills and habits, into their lives and hearts. They’ll discover that, even if nothing changes in their circumstances, their inner chains can be broken and they can go free…into a new path of real hope and happiness.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736919236
• ISBN-13: 978-0736919234
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well On The Road To Happier Life, October 8, 2009

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Mary Dreisbach (Emmaus, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy (Paperback)

I have just finished reading "Lord I Just Want To Be Happy" and have to say that this is well worth the read! Not only worth reading but also putting the skills Leslie Vernick teaches, into ACTION! She guides and encourages us to take the necessary steps in learning how to live a happier life in Christ, by helping us to understand our unhappiness,showing us how to move beyond our unhappiness, and then taking all we've learned and practicing it in order to lead happier lives.

She uses practicle biblical applications and examples in developing these skills and focuses on the fact that true happiness is only found in living our lives for Christ. Though most Christians already know this fact the issue often is how to carry it out, especially in the midst of our hurried, chaotic, and broken lives.

Lord I Just Want To Be Happy is a life changing book for anyone wanting to live a happier life. It helps us to examine our lives in light of God's word and gives a formula for lasting change.

At the end of each chapter are life application questions for thought and discussion, making this book an excellent tool for personal growth or group study.

I highly, highly recommend this book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happiness God's way, October 29, 2009

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Sharon D (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy (Paperback)

By the second page of the first chapter my yellow highlighter was busy. As a personal growth book it is the one I will reread and buy more to pass on to many people that are looking for answers to true happiness. Leslie tells us how to live on purpose and not merely exist by giving us tools to fall more deeply in love with Jesus. You learn how to appreciate your life more, practice good self talk, use self discipline, not have unrealistic expectations and many more healthy life practices. Leslie points us away from what the world tries to tell us that will make us happy to the truth that happiness isn't in sinful pleasures but truthful thinking, right relationships, right choices and right living. Because we cannot correct something we cannot see this book will open your eyes to the life Jesus wants you to have and will encourage you to let Jesus transform you. Lord, I Just Want to be Happy should not be the last book you read by Leslie.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Happy Read With Happy Results, October 28, 2009

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Virginia F. Westover "Ginny" (Huntingdon, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy (Paperback)

The only unhappy part of reading this book was closing the cover on the final page. Flowing with the ease of a conversation with a wise, trusted friend,each chapter is filled with poignant illustrations, practical help and penetrating principles from scripture that encourage and guide the reader into a richer relationship with Jesus. Having read some of Leslie's other books, I expected to learn important truths about myself, my choices and God. What I never expected was learning how to make lemonade while controlling an elephant or the happy changes that result from putting that knowledge into practice. Read this book - you'll be happy you did!