Tag: contentment

Those who seek the Lord

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(James Smith, “The Way to Be Wealthy and Happy!” 1859) Play Audio!  Download Audio “The lions may grow weak and hungry; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” Psalm 34:10 Those who seek the Lord may be … Continued

I have learned to be content

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(Jeremiah Burroughs, 1600-1646) “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances!” Philippians 4:11 Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition. … Continued

Contentment is the crown jewel

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(Charles Spurgeon, “Flowers from a Puritan’s Garden” 1883) “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. And I know what it is to be in need, and what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of … Continued

The miracle of contentment

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(Thomas Watson, “The Art of Divine Contentment”) “I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I … Continued

A rich source of contentment

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 (Don Fortner) “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. And 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 … Continued

secret of being content

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(J.R. Miller, “The Wider Life” 1908)selections LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances and know what it is to be in need, and what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in … Continued

A fine secret of contentment

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(J.R. Miller, “The Hidden Life” 1895)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio “I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.” Philippians 4:11 One step toward contentment, is patient submission to unavoidable ills and hardships. No earthly lot is perfect. No mortal ever yet … Continued

Learn to be content…

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(​Octavius Winslow, “Divine Realities” 1860) “My times are in Your hand.” Psalm 31:15 Learn to be content with your present lot—with God’s dealings with you, and His disposal of you. You are just where His providence has, in its inscrutable, but … Continued

The springs of happiness

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(Thomas Guthrie, “Christ and the Inheritance of the Saints” 1858) “Blessed (or happy) is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed (or happy) is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him.” Psalm 32:1-2 Our happiness depends in a … Continued