The Wonder of Contentment

Fierce Marriage

Ryan and Selena Frederick

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Like a virus, discontentment infects and sickens every healthy aspect life and marriage. It infects our affections, our views of each other, and our very trust in God. Author Nancy Wilson wrote, "Contentment is the result of spiritual strength that comes directly from Christ. Contentment is the ability to stay satisfied with God’s will in all circumstances, whether easy or difficult. Though it is simple to understand, it is certainly not easy to do."

In this week's episode, we looked at the wonder of Christian contentment and explored practical ways to nurture attitudes of trust and gratefulness within marriage. We hope you leave this episode with an ambition to rejoice and love Christ wherever you're at.

As we mentioned, our brand new marriage learning project, Gospel Centered Marriage is now LIVE. It's a great way to start your year getting trained and on the same page. Visit https://GospelCenteredMarriage.com to learn more.

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0:00.0	Christian contentment is, I think, simultaneously the biggest gift and also maybe one of the least discussed things. I don't know, maybe not. Christian contentment. Yeah, I mean. Do you think there's non-Christian contentment? Well, I don't know. I'm thought about that. Throw me a curve bar out the gate here. Sorry. Yeah, I don I don't know. Yeah. Well, can we be satisfied without Christ? I don't think so. No. Can we be content? I, maybe, yeah. It depends on how you define content. It depends on how you define it. And whoa, who's here today to do just that? Selina Frederick, everyone. Yeah, right. Round of applause. You're going to handle this whole thing. Oh, dear. Buckle up, people.
0:41.3	This is, I think, a good conversation to have this time of year. It's a good conversation to have anytime you happen to be listening to this. Because if we're honest, a lot of the things that we do in life are driven by a lack of contentment. And there is an element of sin in that, I think. Oh, for sure. And something, maybe more than an element. A root of it is... I think being discontent is a sin. Oh, goodness. Wow. I don't mean to be heavy-handed with it. Dropping bombs. There's, yeah. I mean... Well, if you want to hear, listener, you got to wait. There you go. I'll see you on the other side. Welcome to the Fierce Marriage Podcast, where we believe that marriage takes a fierce tenacity that never gives up and refuses to give in. Here we'll share openly and honestly about all things marriage. Sex. Communication. Finances. Priorities. Purpose. And everything in between. laugh, ponder, and join in on candid gospel-centered conversations
1:28.6	this is fierce marriage we're trying to get into it and and I cut you off because, you know what?
1:48.3	People like to be titillated.
1:49.9	Do they?
1:51.9	I'm like, I want the answer in the truth now.
1:55.4	I think in 2021 I'm going to say the word titillated as much as it possibly can.
1:59.4	So you said it twice already. Yep. Makes them feel uncomfortable. It makes me feel uncomfortable. Makes me feel also very uncomfortable. All right. Well, why don't you do our... By the end of the year, I won't feel any reservation about saying titillated. I might argue that. If you're still listening, thank you, after hearing that.
2:18.5	What's a word that makes you cringe real fast?
2:21.7	I don't know.
2:22.9	I feel like you don't like the word.
2:24.9	Everybody doesn't like the word moist.
2:27.0	That doesn't bother me.
2:28.6	It doesn't bother me.
2:30.3	It's just one of those words.
2:31.7	It's a word that sounds like what it is.
2:34.6	Moist. It's a word that sounds like what it is. Moist.
2:38.8	This is how our marriage is going, people.
2:40.7	You know what else sounds like?
2:42.1	This is a word that I don't like.
2:44.3	Should I just cut you off now?
2:45.2	People are wondering, though.
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