"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
"Multiplying Sons and Multiplying Flocks" (Genesis 29:31-30:34)
"Jacob Gets Jacobed" (Genesis 29:1-30)
God's Grace to a Work In Progress (Genesis 28:1-22)
Family Fued (Genesis 26:34-27:46)
Like Father, Like Son (Genesis 26)
Grace Makes All The Difference (Genesis 25)
The Bachelor: Genesis Edition (Genesis 24)
The Death of Sarah (Genesis 22:20-23:20)
Jehovah Jireh (Genesis 22:1-19)
Two Natures, One Roof (Genesis 21)
Same Song, Different Verse (Genesis 20:1-18)
Lot and His Daughters (Genesis 19:30-38)
Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:1-29)
Abraham Intercedes for Sodom (Genesis 18:22-33)
Human Wisdom Vs. God’s Word (Genesis 16)
The Covenant With Abraham (Genesis 15)
A Whole Lot of Trouble (Genesis 14)
A Whole Lot of Trouble (Genesis 13:1-18)
Unbelievable Faithfulness to a Faithless Man (Genesis 12:10-20)
Abraham: Man of Faith (Genesis 11:27-12:9)
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