The Secret to Contentment
James 4:1-3, Philippians 4:11-13
1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures
that wage war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You
are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do
not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may
spend it on your pleasures.
James 4:1-3 (NASB)
11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I
am. 12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in
prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and
going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. 13 I can do all things through
Him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:11-13 (NASB)
Contentment is not found in what I have, who is with me, or where I am.
Contentment is found in the One who makes me who I am.
Question for this week:
1. What, who, or where do you look to for security and satisfaction?
