"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
A Son Shall Be Given: Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6-7)
A Son Shall Be Given: Everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6-7)
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A Son Shall Be Given: Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6-7)
When Grief Is Near and God Seems Far (Psalm 13)
The Lord's Supper (1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
The Table and the Tower (Genesis 10-11)
New Adam, Same Problem (Genesis 9)
Waiting in the Waters (Genesis 7-8)
Why The Flood? (Genesis 6)
What Does This Genealogy Have to Do With Me? (Genesis 5)
Good Ole Days No More (Genesis 4:1-26)
What Went Wrong? (Genesis 3:1-24)
What Does It Mean to Be Human? (Genesis 2:4-25)
Who is God? (Genesis 1:1-2:3)
Lordship Living: Relationships (Colossians 4:2-18)
Lordship Living: Home and Work (Colossians 3:18-4:1)
Church Clothes (Colossians 3:12-17)
How Do I Become More Like Jesus? (Colossians 3:1-11)
How to Calculate False Teaching (Colossians 2:6-23)
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