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I like to start with something funny. I heard about this pastor. He decided to skip church one Sunday morning and go play golf.

He told his assistant that he wasn't feeling well and he drove to a golf course in another city so nobody would know him.

He teed off on the first hall. A huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried it an extra hundred yards and dropped it right in the hole for a 450 yard hole in one.

An angel looked at God and said, what'd you do that for? God smiled and said, who's he going to tell?

Hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus' name. God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about living content. It's good to have dreams and goals. We should be stretching our faith, believing for something bigger.

But here's the key. While we're waiting for things to change, waiting for promises to come to pass, we shouldn't be discontent where we are.

Maybe you're believing to have a baby, believing for a new house, believing to get married. That's great, but don't go the next five years, discontent, be in single.

Discontent with the house you have. Discontent, not having a child. Learn to enjoy the season that you're in. Be an unhappy, frustrated, wondering if it's ever going to change, is not going to make it happen any sooner.

When we're discontent, we're dishonoring God. We're so focused on what we want, we're taking for granted what we have.

The right attitude is, God, I'm believing for a new house, but in the meantime, I'm happy with the house I have.

I'm believing to get married, but in the meantime, I'm content being single. Believe in for a better job, but I'm happy with the job I have right now.

The Apostle Paul said, I have learned how to be content, whether I'm a based or a bounty, whether I have plenty, or whether I'm in need.

Notice he had to learn to be content. Doesn't happen automatically, it's a choice we have to make.

Being content doesn't mean that we don't want change, we give up on our dreams, we settle where we are, and it means we're not fighting everything.

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