Ten Minutes of Laughter

04/21/20 • 12 min

Question of the day: Is God too serious?

God has a sense of humor, which is one of the reasons we have a sense of humor.

Why do we have a hard time seeing God as playful?

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” Psalm 126:2

Psalm 126

God’s promise of salvation includes our mourning turning to laughter.

Laughter is good for our physical and mental health.

Ecclesiastes 3:4: “A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.”

There is a time for everything, including laughter
We are created by God to have a sense of humor
it’s good for our physical and mental health

He who sits in the heavens laughs Psalm 2:4

Psalm 2

This is not yin/yang. There is no equal power. God laughs at our attempts to live our own way. It’s better to live his way.

Question of the day: Is God too serious?

God has a sense of humor, which is one of the reasons we have a sense of humor.

Why do we have a hard time seeing God as playful?

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” Psalm 126:2

Psalm 126

God’s promise of salvation includes our mourning turning to laughter.

Laughter is good for our physical and mental health.

Ecclesiastes 3:4: “A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.”

There is a time for everything, including laughter
We are created by God to have a sense of humor
it’s good for our physical and mental health

He who sits in the heavens laughs Psalm 2:4

Psalm 2

This is not yin/yang. There is no equal power. God laughs at our attempts to live our own way. It’s better to live his way.

How can you say yes to God and yes to laughter today?

Question of the day: Is God too serious?

God has a sense of humor, which is one of the reasons we have a sense of humor.

Why do we have a hard time seeing God as playful?

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” Psalm 126:2

Psalm 126

God’s promise of salvation includes our mourning turning to laughter.

Laughter is good for our physical and mental health.

Ecclesiastes 3:4: “A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.”

There is a time for everything, including laughter
We are created by God to have a sense of humor
it’s good for our physical and mental health

He who sits in the heavens laughs Psalm 2:4

Psalm 2

This is not yin/yang. There is no equal power. God laughs at our attempts to live our own way. It’s better to live his way.

Question of the day: Is God too serious?

God has a sense of humor, which is one of the reasons we have a sense of humor.

Why do we have a hard time seeing God as playful?

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” Psalm 126:2

Psalm 126

God’s promise of salvation includes our mourning turning to laughter.

Laughter is good for our physical and mental health.

Ecclesiastes 3:4: “A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.”

There is a time for everything, including laughter
We are created by God to have a sense of humor
it’s good for our physical and mental health

He who sits in the heavens laughs Psalm 2:4

Psalm 2

This is not yin/yang. There is no equal power. God laughs at our attempts to live our own way. It’s better to live his way.

How can you say yes to God and yes to laughter today?

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God bringing me from where I’m at to where He wants me to be.

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Romans 8:28

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