Contentment (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
4.8 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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What does it mean to be truly thankful? And how can we trust God in all circumstances? Hear the answers as we examine what the Bible teaches about God’s goodness and the key to genuine contentment. That’s our focus on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Truth for Life where today we begin a series called Thankful Living. |
| 0:29.1 | We'll explore God's goodness and learn what it means to be truly grateful. |
| 0:33.9 | Alistair Begg kicks off today's study by considering the key to genuine contentment. |
| 0:39.3 | How can we be content, even in a materialistic pleasure-seeking culture, |
| 0:45.3 | that is pointing us to what is bigger and better and faster? |
| 0:49.3 | I'd like to turn you to two further passages of scripture, one in the book of Psalms |
| 0:59.2 | and the other in Philippians, chapter four, in Psalm 131, and then in Philippians and the fourth chapter, Psalm 131 is one of the songs of Ascent. |
| 1:16.1 | It only has three verses. I'll read it for you. My heart is not proud, oh Lord, my eyes are not haughty. |
| 1:24.7 | I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have stilled and quieted my soul |
| 1:33.5 | like a weaned child with its mother, like a wind child is my soul within me. Oh, Israel, put your hope in the |
| 1:43.0 | Lord both now and forevermore. |
| 1:46.9 | You may want to put a marker in there. |
| 1:49.9 | And then in Philippians and in chapter 4 and verse 12. |
| 1:58.7 | Paul writes, I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. |
| 2:05.2 | I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well-fed |
| 2:11.3 | or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. |
| 2:24.3 | In Henry VI, part two, |
| 2:29.8 | there's a very brief but-telling dialogue which ens ensues as a result of two gamekeepers meeting |
| 2:39.2 | the king in a country setting. The king is dressed down, we might say, and as a result of that, |
| 2:49.3 | this brief dialogue ensues. The gentlemen say to him upon his introduction of himself, |
| 2:55.6 | but if thou be a king, where is thy crown? To which the king replies, my crown is in my heart, |
| 3:03.7 | not on my head, not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen. |
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