1 Timothy 6:6-10
But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
- Contentment is Great Gain
- So true contentment begins with God and my attitude and relationship with Him
- Godliness deals with who I am whereas contentment deals with what I have.
- Proverbs 30:7-9 NLT O God, I beg two favors from you; let me have them before I die.8 First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.9 For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
- Contentment easies the Pain
- Not fixed on Riches –
- Free from the traps –
- Desires equal Destruction
- Contentment keeps us Sane
- Money is OK
- Loving money is wrong
- Self pierced grief
Life Application (reminds me of that family back at Thanksgiving time in Kentucky we got lost and decided to take a road dad thought would lead us back to where they wanted to go but instead got stuck and had to wait for help. Help is here for your discontentment.)
- You are not dead yet, you still have a chance to turn back around and let God rescue you from that ruin and destruction.
- Contentment is also a choice. Paul expressed this perfectly in Philippians 4:11-13 NLT I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Isn’t this the choice you want to make today?
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