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Diseases Of The Heart
Fall Quarter 2007
Lesson Three
Overcoming Discontent
Contentment is not self-satisfaction.
Contentment: “ Freedom from care
or discomfort”. - Websters
From The Lord
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Be content with your wages. Luke 3:14
Contentment is not dependent on
external circumstances but on the inner
qualities of the heart and faith. Phil. 4:11.
Avoid bad attitudes toward material things.
Hebrews 13:5
Foes Of Contentment
1.Covetousness- Hebrews 13:5
Lose desires that are beyond your reach.
2. Unbelief – Matt.6:24-34 Psalms 37:25
3. Envy - 1 Sam. 18: 8,9 Luke 15:25-32
4. Pessimism – Do you concentrate on the
the thorns or the flowers ?
Foes Of Contentment
5. Self-Pity – Pity is wasted on ourselves.
Luke 15:29
6. Complaining - Deepens the thoughts
of discontentment.
Cultivating Contentment
1. Work at it !! Paul “learned” contentment.
Phil. 4:11
2. Count your blessings –
1 Thess. 5:18 Eph. 5:20
3. Transfer your attention to higher matters.
Col. 3:1 Matt. 6:33 John 4:34
Cultivating Contentment
4. Keep busy and you won't have time for
for those things that foster
discontentment.
5. “It could be worse”.
6. Cultivate a deep sense of appreciation for
the simple things of life. 1 Tim. 6:8