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Do you think this work brought Jesus pleasure?-Would you be happy if you could make fine tables and chairs and other things for people to use?-The Bible says it is good for one to "rejoice in his works."  Work gives a kind of pleasure that you cannot get from play. -Ecclesiastes 3:22.

Really, work is good for both our minds and our bodies. Many children just sit and watch TV or play video games.  The become overweight and weak, and they're really not happy. And they don't make others happy either.  What do we need to to do to be happy? 

We learned previously that giving and doing things to help others bring happiness. (Acts 20:35) The Bible calls Jehovah "the happy God."  (1 Timothy 1:11) And, as we read in Proverbs,  Jesus was "glad before him all the time." Why was Jesus happy? -Well, he gave one of the reasons when he said:  "My Father has kept working until now, and I keep working." -John 5:17. 

When Jesus was on earth, he did not work as a carpenter all his life. Jehovah God had special work for him to do on earth. Do you know what it was? -Jesus said:  "I must declare the good news of the Kingdom of God, because for this I was sent forth."  (Luke 4:43)  Sometime when Jesus preached to people, they believed him and told others the things he had said, as the Samaritan woman did. -John 4:7-15, 27-30. 

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