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Cooking Up A Recipe for Contentment or, how to teach your child to appreciate broccoli

How do you teach children a life of thankfulness and contentment? The article explains that the lessons start with food.

Biblical Counseling and the Spiritual Danger of “If Only…” Christianity

One of the hindrances to living the Christian life is basing faithfulness and contentment on ideal circumstances. This approach to the Christian life is utopian spirituality: it denies Christ and accepts the lies of Satan. This article shows four ways in which this happens.

Five Ways to Pursue Contentment

Contentment is something that every Christian must learn. This article provides five avenues for pursuing contentment.

How Is the Love of Money a Root of Evil

From 1 Timothy 6:6-10 this article explains how the love of money reveals our problem with contentment and our search for identity.

The Riches of Godliness with Contentment The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 11

True Christian contentment means having a proper perspective on the things of this world. This article teaches from 1 Timothy 6:3-10 that the material things of this world are not in themselves bad, but can be a dangerous snare to Christians.

Finding Contentment in the Enjoyment of God The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 9

Christians can find contentment in this life by growing in union and fellowship with God. This article discusses fellowship with God based on the text of Philippians 3:1-11.

The Contentment of Longing for Heaven The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 8

The contented Christian longs for heaven. Paul tells us in Philippians 3 that our citizenship is in heaven. We long for our heavenly home, even as we seek to serve Christ here on earth. This article is part of a series on Christian contentment.

The Mathematics of Contentment The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 7

How can we achieve true Christian contentment? This author argues that we must first recognize the burden of our sin. Second, we must remove ungodly desires from our hearts.

Finding Contentment in Affliction The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 6

Being a Christian means finding contentment in all situations, even in suffering and affliction. Philippians 1:12-18 speaks about how we achieve this contentment.

The Contentment of the Discontented Christian The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 5

This is the fifth article in a series on Christian contentment. The contented Christian is a believer who is constantly seeking to know God better. Philippians 3:12-21 describes Christians as those who press on toward knowing and serving God better, keeping their eyes focused on a heavenly goal.

The Dangers of a Murmuring, Discontented Spirit II The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 4

This is the second of two articles on the topic of the dangers of discontentment. This article shows that grumbling and a lack of contentment should not be characteristic of believers as children of God. In addition, grumbling damages our witness of the gospel to the world.

The Dangers of a Murmuring, Discontented Spirit I The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 3

This is the first of two articles on the topic of the dangers of discontentment. This article shows that grumbling and a lack of contentment is contrary to holiness and reveals rebellion against God.

The Necessity of Contentment The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 2

Why should God’s people pursue contentment? This article gives seven biblical reasons why we are to learn to be content in all life situations.

The Nature of Contentment The Mystery of Contentment Series: Part 1

What does the apostle Paul teach us about contentment in Philippians 4:10-13? This author argues that contentment is something that we have to learn, and we have to learn to have contentment in every life situation.

Working Your Way Up

What is the solution to our struggle to be content? This article explains that the key to contentment is the worship of the one in whom there is full satisfaction to be found.

Hunger and Thirst

How do you achieve contentment and satisfaction in life? From Isaiah 55:1-7 this article gives four principles to consider.

What Does the Bible Say about Comparison?

How do you fight against comparison? It is only through contentment, cherishing God's Word. and serving others that you can put to death the impulse to compare yourself with others.

Driving Out Discontentment

This article discusses how to cut out discontentment in one's life. Contentment comes by resting in the promises of the gospel.

Being Content with What You Have

This article explains how Scripture often treats contentment along with its opposite, covetousness. Whether we covet or are content, we are revealing our answer to the question, whom do we serve?

Godly Contentment

Contentment is the cure to covetousness. From 1 Timothy 6:6-10 this article discusses Christian contentment in relation to earthly possessions and personal circumstances.

Being Content

This article explains that contentment on its own is not enough. It shows that also godliness is to be present.

We Are to Develop and Model Right Attitudes to Provision and Wealth

This article discusses three attitudes Christians are required to develop towards wealth and provision: trusteeship, gratitude, and contentment.

I Can Do All Things

This article reviews a popular reading of Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength," and finds it wanting. Out of context, the verse reads like a promise for whatever is desired. But in context, it is a verse about contentment.

Are You Content to Carry the Pins?

Envy and contentment are enemies. How can you be content with the work you do and not be envious of others? This article looks at the work of the sons of Kohath, sons of Merari, and sons of Gershon. We can learn from them to be content with what we do.

How We Live in Godly Contentment

Looking at Philippians 4:11, this article shows that living in contentment is found in embracing the God of providence, learning to look to Christ, and the application of God's Word through the Spirit in your life.

Why Am I Not Happy?

This article is about the nature of Christian contentment and therefore about what gives people joy. The author illustrates from Philippians 4:10-13 what contentment is.

Contentment Or Covetousness

How to avoid coveting while developing a life of contentment? This is what the article answers. The author shows the difference between being covetous and content.

Being Content With What You Have

One cannot speak of contentment without also discussing coveting. This article is about the idolatry of covetousness, which seeks to undermine God’s will for your life. Christians must strive to be content.

Stewards

What does it mean to be a steward? The author also looks at contentment and doing good and giving to others.

Christian Contentment

Christians can fight against materialism by learning to be content. Contentment is learned by trusting in God's good provision, being thankful for what God has given, and fighting covetousness.

Philippians 4:12 - The Secret of Contentment

This article on Philippians 4:12 is about Paul's difficult situation in prison and his contentment despite of this situation.

Christian Contentment

Christians should have an attitude of contentment towards their earthly possessions. Faced with a discontent world, the Christian should learn to have confidence in the sufficient provision of God. True contentment means finding joy and satisfaction in what God values.