Ultimately, fun is tied to faith. If we believe the Father cares for us and that somehow life will turn out all right, then we don't have to feel so tense. Uptight people don't seem to have fun—they fear rejection and failure. [But] for the Christian, fun and play ought to come easily.
—Jay Kesler, Marriage Partnership, Vol. 6, no. 2., Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "CHEERFULNESS".
Proverbs 17:22 (KJV) A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
John 16:33 (NIV) "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Romans 14:17 (TEV) For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.
