Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song, images, and lyrics from Nichole Nordeman singing … You Are My All In All … poignantly singing of how any Christian can can - and will - find contentment when Jesus becomes our all in all.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1 Timothy 6:6-8 [ESV] ... 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain, 7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. 8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
… We find the key to gratitude and contentment when we’re satisfied and grateful with what God provides for us.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1 Timothy 6:6-11 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… Paul teaching Timothy (and us) about being content with what God provides.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 90:14 [ESV] … 14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
… Moses learned the key to contentment and sung of his thankfulness to God.
Reference Passage : … Matthew 6:19-24 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK … … Jesus teaches that we CANNOT serve two masters … God and money!
Reference Passage : … Luke 12:13-21 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK ...
… Jesus’ parable of the rich young ruler who would not follow Christ because of his attachment to his riches.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 4:11-13 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul learned - and taught - that the strength he got in life came from an abiding relationship with Christ and not from worldly gain.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 13:5 [ESV] … 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
… God’s word clearly declares that Jesus’ promise to be there for us ALWAYS is all we need to be content in life.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Patricia Raybon, relates a personal story about her parents to illustrate how Jesus is the key to our contentment in life. … The ODB author wrote: Growing up during the Great Depression, my parents knew deep hardship as children. As a result, they were hard-working and grateful money stewards. But they were never greedy. They gave time, talent, and treasury to their church, charity groups, and the needy. Indeed, they handled their money wisely and gave cheerfully.
My dear fellow Christian; … if you’ve listened to the linked song and taken in the devotional, especially meditating on the truth of Gods’ word above, any reader has gotten God’s message on the key to contentment and gratitude in life.
So, the question almost screams at us … Are we living for Christ or for personal gain? … Enough said?!!
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving me all I need in life.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to express our gratitude to our God for being our ALL in all !! Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.</ span>
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