1. The Secret of Contentment
Philippians 4:10-13

3. Philippians
4:10-12
"I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 

4. Philippians
4:10-12
I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret to facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need." 

5. Holman Bible Dictionary
"An internal satisfaction which does not demand changes in external circumstances."

6. Philippians
3:4-7
"If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eight day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

7. Philippians
3:4-7
as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ."

9. Philippians
4:13
"I can do all things through him who strengthens me."

10. Gerald Hawthorne
“The secret of Paul’s independence was his dependence upon Another. His self-sufficiency in reality came from being in vital union with the One who is all-sufficient.”

11. The Secret of Contentment
Philippians 4:10-13