Christianity

Humility goes a long way in nurturing us to a state of contentment. It is pride that stirs the waters until the foam of discontentment is unmistakably present. Today we’ll think about one sign of each.  Sign of Discontentment: complaining The malcontent is ever complaining of one’s condition. Rather than deploying the calming power of…

So far we’ve discovered contentment doesn’t come naturally, but is something that is learned. We have to work at it. We’ve also thought about the relationship between discontentment and pride. Whenever there is discontentment, there is an underlying belief that my station in life should be different than what God has ordained for me. In…

There’s always a reason for our discontentment. Some situation we wish were different. But peel away the layers and what do you find? Lesson two: a discontented person is a proud person. How so?     If you believe in a sovereign and providential God who sanctions even the minutest events (Matt. 10:29), then your situation is precisely the…

“…I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.” – Philippians 4:11     Contentment. It’s a pearl of inestimable value. Yet it often feels like like a desert mirage – looming, but never within reach. I’m going to begin a series of blogs on the topic and today we begin with the apostle…