Keys for Contentment

Read Philippians 4:10–13, 19. What keys does Paul reveal for a contented, happy life?

When extreme circumstances strike (hunger, illness, injury, loss, continuing disappointment), one begins to reflect on the things that really count and to dwell on the blessings that are usually taken for granted. When we are “brought low” (Phil. 4:12, ESV), “in need” (NIV), or left with “almost nothing” (NLT) is when faith rises to the occasion.

As both Job and Paul remind us, we brought nothing into the world when we were born, and we will take nothing with us to the grave (Job 1:21, 1 Tim. 6:7).

Note the following Bible promises:

• Psalm 23:1—“The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need” (GNB).

• Matthew 6:32—“Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things” (NKJV).

• 1 Peter 5:7—“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you” (NLT).

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I have found God so loves His son and He was crucified.
And I am NOT above the one I serve...

Somehow I got the idea my COMFORT MATTERED MOST, it does NOT.
It took me years and years meditating on God's Word to get a grip on that.
Living with Traumatic Brain Damage from age 23, I have been learning what REALLY MATTERS.

God is faithful.
He will never leave or forsake me not even until the end of the age.
I am His forever good or bad (as it may seem in my opinion)..It is a Covenant I entered into by Free Will.
I do not have the life I was brought up to live...but OH SO MUCH BETTER!

I may have been too smart for my own good!
SMART is often related to pride..thinking I know better....self smart caused the Fall of Eden.
When I take it to basics..it has NEVER been about career or $....as humbling as the path permitted on my life...
I survived a mom that repeatedly tried to kill me.. yet God had a different plan.
I can't wait to go HOME!
I know the King!
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