Godliness with Contentment 1 Timothy 6 6 10

Godliness with Contentment 1 Timothy 6: 6 -10

What Is Contentment? • Contentment – To limit oneself in requirements or desires, a mind contented with its lot, satisfied – To be free from care because of satisfaction with what is already one’s own – Contentment comes from within and is independent of external circumstances

What Is Contentment? • Contentment • Not the lack of ambition • Spiritual contentment is striving to grow while remembering we are saved by grace through faith • Contentment must be learned Philippians 4: 11

Why Be Content? • It is great gain 1 Tim. 6: 6 – Those who desire to be rich are never satisfied Ecclesiastes 5: 10 – Secret to getting what you want is desiring to be like God 2 Tim. 4: 6 -8

Why Be Content? • It is great gain 1 Tim. 6: 6 • Nothing in this life lasts forever 1 Tim. 6: 7 -8 • Chasing riches brings a whole lot of troubles 1 Tim. 6: 9 -10 • If you’ve got Christ, you’ve got everything 1 Tim. 6: 11 -16

How To Find Contentment • Replace physical wants with spiritual pursuits 1 Timothy 6: 11 • Don’t compare yourself to others Mark 4: 20 • Don’t look at your life through the eyes of a critic 1 Corinthians 4: 3 • Don’t work for compliments Colossians 3: 23 -24 • Learn to value the trials Romans 5: 3 -5 • Be thankful 1 Timothy 1: 12; 2: 1; 4: 3 -4 • Be like Jesus – empty yourself Philippians 2: 5 -8