Divine Discontent, Part 1

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

Michael Youssef, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Sermons, Bible Study, Theology, Health & Fitness, Jesus, Mental Health, Preaching, Bible, Spirituality, Religion, Holy Spirit, Ltw, Leading The Way

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🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Our dissatisfaction with life can be a good thing. God's Word demonstrates that dissatisfaction with life is a spiritual problem. It's an inner thirst that can be quenched only by God. Let Michael Youssef introduce you to biblical characters whose lives demonstrate the redemptive power of Divine Discontent. These heroes of Scripture followed their inner restlessness back to God who, in his grace, invites all to enter His rest.

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0:00.0	This is a message from leading the way with Dr. Michael Youssef.
0:04.6	We pray that it will encourage you in your walk of faith.
0:08.1	If you would like to learn more about Dr. Youssef or leading the way,
0:12.1	please visit ltw.org.
0:18.9	Listen to this poem for a minute.
0:22.1	It was spring, but it was summer I wanted.
0:27.5	The warm days and great outdoors.
0:31.4	It was summer, but it was fall I wanted.
0:36.5	The colorful leaves and cool, dry air.
0:40.7	It was fall, oh, but it was winter I wanted, the beautiful snow, the joy of the holiday season.
0:48.4	It was winter, but oh, it was spring I wanted, the warmth of the blossoming of nature.
0:58.8	I was a child, but it was adulthood that I wanted, the freedom and the respect.
1:08.4	I was 20, but it was 30 I wanted to be mature and sophisticated. I was middle age. Oh, but it was 20 I wanted.
1:20.6	The youth and the free spirit. I was retired. Oh, but it was middle age I wanted. The presence of mind without limitation.
1:33.9	My life is over, and I never got what I wanted. Probably every one of us can identify with this poem at some level, at some stages of our lives. I think every one of us can identify with this poem at some level, at some stages of our lives.
1:47.0	I think every one of us can identify with this. I think every one of us got hit somehow by this
1:52.1	spirit of discontentment. Don't get me wrong. Not all discontentment is bad. There is good
2:00.1	side to discontentment. It is discontentment with your prayer life
2:05.0	that causes you to do something about it. It is discontentment about the level of your
2:13.1	commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ that causes you to reorder your priorities. It is discontentment
2:22.7	with the level of your faithfulness with the Lord that compels you to rethink your motives in life.
2:32.3	But there is also a dark side to discontentment. The dark side of
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