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1 Timothy 6:17 November 1, 2026 • Mount Pleasant UMC Everybody wants to live the good life. I mean, that makes sense, right? Nobody wants to live a “bad life.” No one wants or chooses to be miserable or to live a pointless life. Everybody wants to live the good life. That’s the American dream—living the life you always wanted to live and having the resources to do it. But do a quick online search and you’ll find that how people define what “the good life” is differs greatly. For some, it’s having a lot of social connections and relationships. For others, it’s having a lot of stuff, or at least having the financial freedom to buy whatever you want—the latest gadget, the nicest car and the most comfortable house. And for still others, “the good life” means having purpose and fulfillment in work or in whatever you’re doing. It seems, too, that our definitions of “the good life” shift throughout our lives; in other words, depending on what stage of life we are in, we want different thing...