Sep. 21, 2025

CONTENTMENT

PART 4

PHILIPPIANS 4:13-18

• FOR BELIEVERS WHO BELONG TO JESUS
• SEVEN POWERFUL REASONS FOR CONTENTMENT 

1. CONTENTMENT IS TRUSTING IN GOD’S PROVIDENCE (4:10)
   • I AM ACCEPTED
     • JOHN 1:12
     • EPHESIANS 1:3-8
     • JOHN 15:15
     • I PETER 2:9,10
     • ROMANS 5:1
     • COLOSSIANS 1:13,14
     • I CORINTHIANS 6:17-20
     • COLOSSIANS 2:9,10
     • I CORINTHIANS 12:27
     • HEBREWS 4:14-16
2. CONTENTMENT IS SATISFACTION WHATEVER OUR CIRCUMSTANCES (4:11,12)
   • I AM SECURE
     • ROMANS 8:1-2
     • COLOSSIANS 3:1-4
     • ROMANS 8:28
     • 2 TIMOTHY 1:7
     • ROMANS 8:31-39
     • I JOHN 5:13
     • 2 CORINTHIANS 1:21,22
     • I JOHN 5:18
     • PHILIPPIANS 1:6
     • 2 TIMOTHY 1:12
     • PHILIPPIANS 3:20
     • JOHN 10:27-30
     • JUDE 24,25
3. CONTENTMENT IS KNOWINGCHRIST’SSTRENGTH IN ALL SITUATIONS (4:13)
   • I AM VALUED
     • JOHN 15:5
     • EPHESIANS 2:10
     • JOHN 15:16
     • EPHESIANS 3:12
     • I CORINTHIANS 3:16
     • ISAIAH 40:28-31
     • 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-10
     • EPHESIANS 2:4-6
     • 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17-21
     • 2 TIMOTHY 6:6-8
     • 2 CORINTHIANS 11:23-28
4. CONTENTMENT IS KNOWING THAT GOD HAS AN ENDURING PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE (4:13)
   • I HAVE A PURPOSE
     • JEREMIAH 29:11
     • 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31
     • 1 TIMOTHY 4:12
     • COLOSSIANS 3:17
     • 1 TIMOTHY 6:6-8
     • COLOSSIANS 3:23
     • 2 TIMOTHY 2:1
     • PSALM 37:4,5
     • 2 TIMOTHY 2:11-13
     • PROVERBS 3:5,6
5. CONTENTMENT IS LEARNING THE BLESSING OF LIVING UNSELFISHLY (4:14-18)
   • I WANT TO BE A GIVER
     • GENESIS 12:2,3
     • 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7-9
     • 1 CORINTHIANS 13:5
     • ACTS 20:35
     • 1 TIMOTHY 6:17-19
     • ROMANS 12:1
     • LUKE 6:38
     • HEBREWS 13:15,16
     • MATTHEW 10:8
6. CONTENTMENT IS TRUSTING IN GOD TO SUPPLY ALL OF OUR NEEDS (4:19)
   • EPHESIANS 1:3
7. CONTENTMENT IS HONORING GOD AND RECEIVING HIS BLESSING OF GRACE (4:20-23)