Contentment Day 4

Contentment Day 4

Helpful solutions to find contentment.

Resources used for this portion of the devotional:

God's Promises & Answers for Your Life

God is in the Small Stuff

And it all matters

Bruce and Stan

Checklist for Life

The ultimate Handbook

Don't acquire everything you want

Contentment with your situation breeds satisfaction

If you believe for a moment that you own even a single possession, your contentment will be tied to it.

The best time to relax is when you are too busy

If you can't get to sleep at night, check your pillow. If you can't sleep for two nights, check your mattress. If you can't sleep for three nights, check your conscience.

Since exhaustion begins and ends on the inside, that's where genuine rest must originate.

Learn to relax without feeling guilty.

Live somewhere between complacency and crisis.

Ask God for the ability to trust in His provision.

Write a thank you note to God for all the ways he has provided for your needs.

go to the Internet to learn about how you can help those who don't even have the basic needs of food, water and clothing. Read about missionaries and their efforts and how they trust God for provision. Ask God to show you where you can be a part of meeting the needs of others with your gifts.

go to http://www.worldvision.org/

Google Jim Elliot or Hudson Taylor

Reduce the number of worries you have by laying them at the feet of Jesus. Decide what boundaries you are going to set so that you do not allow the seed of worry to grow in your life. Quit feeding the seed, walk away from chaos and trouble.

Tomorrow is Praise and Prayer Fridays. If you have a testimony or found reason to praise or pray, please email womenofworship1@gmail.com or add a comment to this blog.

Dear Lord, I thank you for all that you have provided. That you are in the small stuff in our lives. Providing us with much more than we ever need. Help us to see what is most important in this life so that we can stay focused on you. I love you and pray that each of the readers will draw closer to you, even though this subject is hard. Help us to trust you and to put away all our worries and anxieties, for our trust in you is all we need right now, at this time.

Amen.