2. Series: How to Have All the Money You Need
Sermon:
Contentment-
A Great Monetary Gain
1 Timothy 6:3-10, 17-19
Keep your Bibles open!!!

3. Maissade, Haiti

4. Newport, RI

5. “Dear God, you made many, many poor people
“Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize, of course, that it's no shame to be poor. But it's no great honor, either. So what would be so terrible if I had a small fortune?”

7. The Prayer of Agur
Lord, give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. 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.
(Proverbs 30:8-9)

8. J.D. Rockerfeller

9. Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”

10. Ecclesiastes 5:10
Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.

11. J.D. Rockerfeller

12. Roper Organization
$40,000
$60,000-$70,000
$135,000
Pattern?

13. Contentment:
“Understanding that if I am not satisfied with what I have, I will never be satisfied with what I want.” (William Gothard)

14. Who is more vulnerable to . . .
the lure of advertising.
keeping up with the Jones
the trap of going into debt
self-indulgent living
being stingy rather than generous
dishonest gain
get-rich-quick schemes and risky investments
gambling and the lottery
overworking and neglecting priorities such as relationship to family and God

15. “There are two ways to get enough. One is to accumulate more and more
“There are two ways to get enough. One is to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”

16. “Having money is a poor way to be rich.” (Anonymous)
“If I am content with little, enough is as good as a feast.” (Isaac Bickerstaff)
“The contented man is never poor, the discontented man is never rich.” (George Elliot)

17. Ask
Whatever
Contentment
Learn
Give
Live for
God Alone

18. Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money (covetousness) and be content with what you have…

19. Exodus 20:17 - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house
Exodus 20:17 - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

20. Contentment: “Realizing that God has already given us everything I need for my present happiness.” (William Gothard)
Covetousness: “Thinking we would be happier if we had a little more money.” (Anonymous)

21. Philippians 4:11-13
I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 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 need. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

22. Keys to Learning Contentment
Practice during the hard times
2. Get the Lord’s help I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.