Philippians 4:10-13Paul said he had learned to be content.Contentment is paradoxicalA virtue, when content with right things.A vice, when content with wrong things.It is being satisfied in the sense of absence of craving.It is not being satisfied in the sense of effort. II Corinthians 12:9Contentment is not:Being satisfied with all matters of one’s physical life.Being satisfied with just what one has.Suppression of all desire.The philosophy of the Stoicks.Contentment is:Absence of fretting, worrying, and craving – Matthew 6:25-34Doing one’s best and then not fretting about that which cannot be improved.Things with which we should be content:Wages – Luke 3:14; I Corinthians 7:21Raiment and food – I Timothy 6:8Wife/husband of one’s covenant – Malachi 2:14Summed up: Whatever state one is in – Philippians 4:11; Romans 8:31Things with which we should not be content:Lack of Bible studyLack of prayerLack of attendanceFailure to be a brother’s keeperFailure to give as prosperedAttainments and conditions of local churchOne’s shortcomingsOne’s spiritual progressThe tragedy is that so many are content in the area where they should not be content (spiritual things) and are not content in the area where they should be content (physical things).
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