The Lord Gives Contentment - June 28
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🗓️ 28 June 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In today’s podcast, we’re going to explore the way God gives us contentment in the midst of every season and place he plants us. May you walk in immense satisfaction today as you open your heart and mind to the Lord’s presence and truth. As you fix your eyes on Jesus and trust him, I pray you experience rich contentment today in God’s love and provision.
Our Scripture for today comes from Proverbs 19:23, and today's worship is Every Need by GT Music feat. Nathan Stefani.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's podcast, we're going to explore the way God gives us contentment in the midst of every season and place he plans us. |
| 0:12.0 | May you walk an immense satisfaction today as you open |
| 0:16.4 | your heart and mind to the Lord's presence and truth. As you fix your eyes on |
| 0:21.2 | Jesus and trust him. |
| 0:22.8 | I pray you experience rich contentment today |
| 0:25.6 | in God's love and provision. |
| 0:27.6 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Today's scripture from Proverbs 1923 reads, |
| 0:45.0 | The Fear of the Lord leads to life, |
| 0:49.0 | and whoever has it rests satisfied. |
| 0:54.4 | In Philippians 4, Paul describes what he calls the secret to contentment. |
| 0:59.9 | In verses 11 through 13, he says, not that I'm speaking of being a need for I have learned |
| 1:05.6 | in whatever situation I am to be content I know how to be brought low and I know how to |
| 1:11.8 | abound in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of |
| 1:16.8 | facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. |
| 1:25.0 | Similarly, Hebrew 13-5 says, keep your life free from love of money and be content with |
| 1:32.3 | what you have. For he has said I will never leave you nor forsake you. |
| 1:40.0 | Imagine a life of total contentment regardless of your possessions or status. |
| 1:45.5 | Imagine the peace, joy, and strength you would find in this kind of freedom Paul experienced |
| 1:51.6 | from the ways of the world. The question before you today is this. |
| 1:56.1 | What is keeping you from living your life consistently and completely content? |
| 2:05.0 | Scripture is clear. and completely content. Contentment transcends circumstances. True contentment is found apart from abundant provision. |
| 2:12.0 | God longs to draw you apart from abundant provision. |
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