Where contentment starts
Contentment starts when we begin to realize that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of us. His plan and purpose for each one of us is unique to us. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for…
Discontentment vs. contentment
Discontentment is never fully satisfied. If we are fundamentally dissatisfied and discontent, this will grow and we will become even more dissatisfied. To be content is a skill, an art and something that we need to learn and acquire for ourselves. In the Bible we see how contentment is something we have to learn, a…
The secret of contentment
Contentment is one of the most illusive qualities. Most people are not content and society tells us that we should never become content. We are restlessly dissatisfied and we have an ever-growing desire for more and better. But God has a better plan for each one of us! OUR NATURAL TENDENCY Our natural tendency is…
Praise be to God
Praising God should be our lifestyle of choice. We should ‘bless the Lord at all times’! Psalm 34:1 ‘I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.’ We should praise and bless the Lord at ALL times. This includes the good times and the bad times. The times of…
God is a God of compassion
The Bibles calls God the ‘Father of compassion!’ But what is compassion? Definition: Compassion – ‘The sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it!’ This word ‘compassion’ comes from the Greek root word oiktirmos which includes aspects of pity, compassion, favor, grace and mercy and is translated in English as ‘compassion’! This word…
The God of all comfort, comforts us
Comfort for me is having exactly what I need when I need it! That is comfort. As a small child I would battle with sadness. It happened for no apparent reason. I would just become sad. My mother would be able to identify it when it happened. It was no good if people asked me…
God wants to use you to comfort others
I love this phrase: ‘who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble!’ As we receive comfort from God, we are in training so that we in turn and be a source of comfort to others. There are things that you have been through that qualify you to…