The document outlines five daily habits for achieving happiness, which include relaxing in God's grace, remembering what matters most, getting to know Jesus better, reviewing areas for personal growth, and focusing on the future while letting go of the past. Each habit is supported by Scripture to emphasize their importance and warns against common traps such as legalism, pop culture, busyness, pride, and regret. The overall message encourages building a closer relationship with Christ as the foundation for lasting happiness.

1. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS

2. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
‘Religion is what you do for God; relationship
is what God has done for you.’

3. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
Philippians 3:3 (LB)
“We Christians glory in what Jesus has DONE
for us and we realize that we are helpless to
save ourselves.”

4. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
“We couldn’t carry this off by our own
effort, and we know it.”

5. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
THE TRAP: LEGALISM.

6. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
THE TRAP: LEGALISM.
Philippians 3:9 (NLT)
“I no longer count on my own goodness and I no
longer count on my own ability to obey God’s
law…

7. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
THE TRAP: LEGALISM.
Philippians 3:9 (NLT)
… Instead I trust Christ to save me. For God’s
way of making us right with himself is through
faith.”

8. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
2. EVERYDAY: Remember what matters
most.
Philippians 3:7
“All the things that I once thought were so
important to me, I now consider worth
nothing, because of Christ.”

9. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
2. EVERYDAY: Remember what matters
most.
THE TRAP: POP CULTURE

10. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
Philippians 3:8-9(NLT)
“Yes, everything else is worthless when
compared with the priceless gain of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have
discarded everything else, counting it all as
garbage, so that I may have Christ and
become one with him.”

11. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
Jim Elliot
“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot
keep for that which he cannot lose.”

12. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
2. EVERYDAY: Remember what matters
most.
3. EVERYDAY: Get to know Jesus better.

13. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
Philippians 3:10-11
“I want to know Christ and the power of his
resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in
his suffering, becoming like him in his death
so that somehow I may be raised to life.”

14. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
Philippians 3:10-11 (AMP)
“For my determined purpose is that I may
know Christ – that I may progressively
become more deeply and intimately
acquainted with Him, perceiving and
recognizing and understanding Him more
strongly and more clearly...”

15. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
2. EVERYDAY: Remember what matters
most.
3. EVERYDAY: Get to know Jesus better.
THE TRAP: BUSYNESS

16. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
Psalm 46:10
‘Be still, and know that I am God.’

17. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
2. EVERYDAY: Remember what matters
most.
3. EVERYDAY: Get to know Jesus better.
4. EVERYDAY: Review where I need to
grow.

18. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
Psalm 139:23-24
“Search me O God and know my heart; Try
me, test me, and know my thoughts. See if
there is anything evil or wicked in my life.
And lead me in the way that’s everlasting.”

19. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
Philippians 3:12-13(LB)
“I don’t mean to say I’m perfect. I still
haven’t learned all I should, but I keep
working toward that day when I will finally
be all that Christ saved me for and wants
me to be. No, dear brothers, I’m still not all I
should be…”

20. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
4. EVERYDAY: Review where I need to
grow.
THE TRAP: PRIDE

21. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
THE TRAP: PRIDE
2 Corinthians 13:5 (MSG)
“Test yourselves to make sure you’re solid in the
faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for
granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need
firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus
Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do
something about it.”

22. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
1. EVERYDAY: Relax in God’s grace.
2. EVERYDAY: Remember what matters most.
3. EVERYDAY: Get to know Jesus better.
4. EVERYDAY: Review where I need to grow.
5. EVERYDAY: Forget what can’t be
changed and focus on the future.

23. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
Philippians 3:13-14 (NLT)
“I am focusing all my energies on this one
thing: Forgetting the past and looking
forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach
the end of the race and receive the prize for
which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling
us up to heaven.”

24. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
5. EVERYDAY: Forget what can’t be
changed and focus on the future.
THE TRAP: REGRET
THE TRAP: UNFORGIVENESS
THE TRAP: TRADITION

25. FIVE DAILY HABITS FOR HAPPINESS
Isaiah 43:18-19
“Forget the former things and do not dwell
on the past. See I am doing a new thing!”