Habits of Happy Homes, Part 4

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

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🗓️ 7 July 2022

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(Philippians 4:10-18) In 1900, average Americans were asked what things they felt were indispensable to life as comfortable and contented people. The list averaged 72 items. 50 years later the survey was conducted again, and the list had grown to a number we’ll learn in today’s lesson. We’ll also learn the role of contentment and service in a happy Christian home. (06161220707) Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0	The summer months are often a time when families travel together, perhaps vacation, a family reunion, or just a quick trip to Grandma's house.
0:16.0	These road trips can either be miserable or days when wonderful memories are made.
0:20.7	What a picture of all of life.
0:22.9	We are just passing through this world and families must learn how to enjoy the Lord and one
0:29.0	another as we make the journey together. We are taking a summer road trip through the Book of
0:34.1	Philippians, the book of Christian joy, and discovering principles to help our homes.
0:39.9	Let's join Scott Pauley now for today's study.
0:45.6	In 1900, they conducted a survey of average American families, and they simply asked these households to make a list of all the indispensable
0:57.6	things they thought they needed to live, everything they would need to be to be comfortable
1:02.9	and to be contented people. And the average American home listed 72 things. This was in 1900,
1:13.5	72 things that they needed to make them happy.
1:20.1	They came back 50 years later in 1950, and they conducted the exact same survey. Now listen to this.
1:28.3	By 1950, the average U.S. household listed 496 things they needed to be happy.
1:35.3	Imagine in half a century it had gone from 72 things to 496 things on the list.
1:39.6	I shuddered to think if they did that survey today how many things would be on the list because we've become so spoiled, so pampered, and so accustomed to thinking that we have to have
1:45.3	all these things to be contented people. We return with that thought in mind today to Philippians
1:50.5	Chapter 4 and to a passage of scripture that I think is so helpful to families at this particular
1:56.5	juncture. Remember, we're studying 10 habits of happy homes. We've identified several already.
2:02.5	Let's review. In the opening verses, we learned you have to get over quarrels, choose joy every
2:07.9	day, treat one another gently, turn every care to prayer and every trial to thanks, guard and
2:14.5	guide our thought life, and follow good examples.
2:18.3	Now we come to number seven on our list.
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