Contentment (Part 2 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
4.8 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Contentment isn’t simply a matter of putting on a happy face in the midst of suffering or denying real pain and sadness. Listen to Truth For Life as Alistair Begg teaches us how it’s possible to train our minds to be truly content in all circumstances.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm going to be. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm going to be. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm going to be. contentment isn't a matter of putting on a happy face in the midst of suffering |
| 0:30.4 | or trying to deny real pain and sadness today on truth for life alister beg explains |
| 0:36.6 | how it's possible to train our minds to be truly content in every circumstance. |
| 0:43.6 | We're studying Philippians chapter 4 verse 12 along with the first verse in Psalm 131. |
| 0:58.2 | I have three words for you, and there are these. |
| 1:02.3 | Perspective, preoccupation, and peace. |
| 1:08.0 | The key, I think, I hope, I'm learning, |
| 1:17.6 | is in distinguishing between external circumstances which come and go and an internal relationship with the living God that is unchanging in its stabilizing import. |
| 1:28.3 | In Philippians chapter 4, you may want just to look at it again, |
| 1:31.4 | but in Philippians 4, you will notice that Paul distinguishes between being content with something |
| 1:37.5 | and being content in something. |
| 1:41.3 | He is learning not to be content with the world. He's learning to be content in the world. |
| 1:48.4 | I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. |
| 1:51.4 | I know what it is to be in need. |
| 1:52.8 | I know I've learned the secret of being content, |
| 1:55.4 | not with any in every situation, |
| 1:57.6 | but in any in every situation. |
| 1:59.9 | There will always be circumstances that |
| 2:01.8 | are less than perfect. But what is the point? It is this. The circumstances of each of our |
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