Promise of Provision

Awareness fuels discontent.

Once we're aware, we compare.

"What you feed grows."

Proverbs 27:20 NIV

20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.

Discontentment is bridled by redirecting our awareness.

Happiness is based on happenings, and happenings are based on circumstances.

Joy is based on the reality that God loves you and that everything works together for His glory and your good.

Philippians 4:10-13 NIV

10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:19 NIV

19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

To Be Content With God's Provision:

I. Think and pray.

Philippians 4:11 NIV

11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

The root of every sin is found in discontentment.

Contentment isn't getting what you want but being grateful for what you already have.

To Be Content With God's Provision:

I. Think and pray.

II. Test and process.

Philippians 4:12 NIV

12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

Proverbs 30:8-9 NIV

8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. 9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

There is no sin, no pleasure, no sex, no achievement – that feels as good as being 100% right with God.

If nothing in this world can completely satisfy you, it's because you were made for more than this world.

To Be Content With God's Provision:

I. Think and pray.

II. Test and process.

III. Trust God's promises.

Philippians 4:13 NIV

13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

If you trust God's promise to you, then nothing can stop you from fulfilling His purpose in your life.

"It's better to be a part of God's plan than to ask God to bless your plan."

"Contentment doesn't come from what you have but from who you know."

To Be Content With God's Provision:

I. Think and pray.

II. Test and process.

III. Trust God's promises.

IV. Tell other people.

Philippians 4:19 NIV

19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.