Living a Life of Contentment
Intro: With so much going on in the world today, how
can we live a life of contentment?
1.
Last week we
just had tarnish trying to board a plane with a bomb headed for the United States
2.
The out break
of tornados we have had lately.
3.
JP Morgan
billions dollar lost that just happen.
4.
Gas prices are
just starting to fall, after being predicted to rise this summer.
5.
A president
that just openly admitted he is for same sex marriages.
6.
And then top
all that the economic position the world is in.
7.
How do you
stay content with so much devastation around you?
8.
When we need
answers to life and any other situation as a born again believer we should turn
to the word of God for the answer.
9.
Less look at
two individuals that had a crisis in their life and less see how they handle
it.
I.
Less look at
Paul when his money was funny.
1. Phil 4:11
Not that I speak in
respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to
be content.
2. learned meaning to learn by use and practice and to
increase one's knowledge, to be increased in knowledge ( experience,
familiarity, awareness)
3. content meaning independent of external
circumstances, contented with one's lot, with one's means, though the
slenderest
4. What are you learning?
5. To learn something that means someone was teaching.
6. What is God trying to teach you, using the
situation that you are in right now?
8. strengtheneth - to receive strength, be
strengthened, increase in strength
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