7/17/2022 – Bible Study – Tim Brown – Five principles of contentment flow from this text. 1. A contented person is confident in God’s providence. 2. A contented person is satisfied with little. 3. A contented person is independent from circumstances. 4. A contented person is strengthened by divine power. 5. A contented person is preoccupied with the well-being of others. Complete dependence upon Christ is contented independence from all else.

7/10/2022 – Bible Study – Tim Brown – 1. A contented person is confident in God’s providence. 2. A contented Pearson is satisfied with little.

All Christians are to be strongly characterized by unity – yet every person is naturally prone to differences and disagreements, and sinfully prone to pride and disunity.

A look at several New Testament passages that communicate a theology of giving as a key way God wants us to participate in His work.

Paul’s prayer for his Christian brothers’ & sisters’ spiritual growth is a plea to God to build in them greater love, excellence, integrity, good works, and a pursuit of God’s glory.

Every believer needs to understand and implement the Biblical principles that produce a life of contentment and guard against the disappointment that comes as a result of placing one’s highest satisfaction anywhere but in God Himself.