THE SECRETS OF CONTENTMENT (2 OF 4)
by Ryan Heller
Scripture: Philippians 4:10-13
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The Secrets of Contentment (2 of 4)
Series: Why Worry
Ryan Heller
Philippians 4:10-13
How're we doing this morning? Good to see you! Welcome to Why Worry, week 2.
Today we're going to take what we started last week and build on it a bit more. We are going to talk about the secrets of contentment. We live in a world that is discontent. Everywhere we turn we see discontent people. We see discontentment in our own lives. We wish circumstances could be different. We wish we could have different experiences. We wish we could tweak this and wish we could tweak that. But God has a great word for us today about how we can begin to experience His contentment in our lives.
When God is bringing contentment into your life there is no reason to worry-which is what we've been talking about over these two weeks. Two thousand years ago the apostle Paul wrote these words: ''I have learned to be content in all things.'' The apostle challenges us this morning to live a life that is filled with contentment.
You would think somebody talking about contentment might do so from a beach-side, looking out on the beautiful waves, and maybe the sun is setting. But the apostle Paul wrote these words about contentment from a prison cell, chained to a Roman guard. And it was in that context that he begins to challenge us this morning about living a life filled with contentment. To be content means actually to be contained. In the language of the New Testament, the word content means contain. A person who is content lives a contained life. A person who is discontent has uncontained desires: I have to have more of this, I have to have more of that. Uncontained.
So, to be content means to live the contained life. I want to ask you a few questions today. You can listen to them and then think about your life for just a minute.
When people succeed more than you do, how do you feel? Do you think, ''Man, I wish I could have what they have,'' or do you think, ''Good job; let ...
Series: Why Worry
Ryan Heller
Philippians 4:10-13
How're we doing this morning? Good to see you! Welcome to Why Worry, week 2.
Today we're going to take what we started last week and build on it a bit more. We are going to talk about the secrets of contentment. We live in a world that is discontent. Everywhere we turn we see discontent people. We see discontentment in our own lives. We wish circumstances could be different. We wish we could have different experiences. We wish we could tweak this and wish we could tweak that. But God has a great word for us today about how we can begin to experience His contentment in our lives.
When God is bringing contentment into your life there is no reason to worry-which is what we've been talking about over these two weeks. Two thousand years ago the apostle Paul wrote these words: ''I have learned to be content in all things.'' The apostle challenges us this morning to live a life that is filled with contentment.
You would think somebody talking about contentment might do so from a beach-side, looking out on the beautiful waves, and maybe the sun is setting. But the apostle Paul wrote these words about contentment from a prison cell, chained to a Roman guard. And it was in that context that he begins to challenge us this morning about living a life filled with contentment. To be content means actually to be contained. In the language of the New Testament, the word content means contain. A person who is content lives a contained life. A person who is discontent has uncontained desires: I have to have more of this, I have to have more of that. Uncontained.
So, to be content means to live the contained life. I want to ask you a few questions today. You can listen to them and then think about your life for just a minute.
When people succeed more than you do, how do you feel? Do you think, ''Man, I wish I could have what they have,'' or do you think, ''Good job; let ...
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