"The Secret of Contentment"
Building Life on God's Values - Part 10
Exodus 20:17
March 15, 2020
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant; or his female servant or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's." Exodus 20:17 ESV
The definition of "covet": the _____________ desire to acquire.
A. The effect of always wanting more....
1. __________. Prov. 23:4
2. __________. Eccl. 5:11
3. __________. Eccl. 5:12
4. __________. James 4:1
5. ________________. Eccl. 5:10
The antidote to covetousness is _________________.
Phil 4:12
B. The secret to contentment.....
1. _____________ comparing myself to others.
2 Cor. 10:12; 1 Tim. 6:9
2. __________ in what I do have. Eccl. 5:19; Eccl. 6:9
3. ___________ what I have to help others.
1 Tim. 6:17-19
Don't become _________ of your wealth.
Don't put your trust in your __________.
Use your money to do __________.
Give ___________.
Acts 20:35
4. ___________ on what's going to last. 2 Cor. 4:18
LIFE APPLICATION
Luke 12:15
Why in the world did God make me?
Why am I here?
What does He want to do with my life?
Where am I going when I die?
1 John 5:11-12
Discipleship When Life Gets Hard (James 1:2-4)
From Doubter To Disciple (James 1:1)
Four Looks At The Empty Tomb (John 20:1-10)
The Tenth Commandment (Exodus 20:17)
The Ninth Commandment (Exodus 20:16)
Eighth Commandment (Exodus 20:15)
Critical Commands To Follow About One’s Old Self
The Sixth Commandment (Exodus 20:13)
The Fifth Commandment (Exodus 20:12)
The Fourth Commandment (Exodus 20:8-11)
The Third Commandment (Exodus 20:7)
The Second Commandment (Exodus 20:4-6)
Why The Law? (Exodus 19)
Rooted (Psalm 1)
Saved To Trust (Exodus 17)
Saved to Trust Exodus 15-16
From Fear to Fear
Consecrated (Exodus 13)
Pharoah’s Heart Was Hardened Exodus 7-10
Who is Yahweh? (Exodus 7-10)
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