1 Tim 6:2-8
"we care for our crops because we have hope for harvest" God's love for us, because he has hope for us.
Phil 4:11-13 contentment: satisfied, adaptable
Phil 4:7-Guard your heart [peace guards your heart]
1 Tim 6:6-8 Contentment with God is wealth. We came into this world with nothing, and that is how we will leave. "The lord is my Shepard, I shall not want."
"Cheerful giver"
**What does contentment mean to me? How does material loss affect me? Anxiety stems from discontentment. Feeling of insufficient love.
If you are not content where you are at, you won't be satisfied if it's doubled.
"May your silver perish with you" The rich is not always Godly, but the Godly is always rich.
2 Cor 9:8 You are blessed to bless others. Community. God made is so we would need each other.
Is this a sermon of privilege? "God always provides our needs" But what if I'm NOT having my needs met? What do I tell myself? How do I make sense of this? What happens when your faith in God doesn't come from experience of God meeting your needs, but because the hope in God is all you have? You need to believe so badly it will get better. Your belief in God is simply just a positive attitude. Optimism...is that what true faith is? Just optimism?
When did God meet my needs? ___
When did he not? ___
Questioning if any discontentment is ever justified? Would 100% contemned disconnect community and fellowship? Is the purpose of my discontentment once again finding/providing community and fellowship?
Is my way-yaweh's?
Align your desires with God's desires
"Surrender yourself to the doors that God DOES open"
"Providence"?
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