Comments on: Contentment http://www.plainbibleteaching.com/2007/05/18/contentment/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:33:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Ssenyondo Alex http://www.plainbibleteaching.com/2007/05/18/contentment/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Ssenyondo Alex Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:51:00 +0000 http://www.plainbibleteaching.com/blog/?p=29#comment-10 Praise God.<br/>Truly, just like Paul, you can learn to be content. It is positive people who can understand this.<br/>We need to know that chasing after material is like a chasing after the wind. Not that material is bad, but the love/lust of it is root of all evil. Luke 12:15 says "a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions". Let us be content knowing that'where your treasure is, there your heart is'. God bless you. Alex; alnnets@yahoo.com Praise God.
Truly, just like Paul, you can learn to be content. It is positive people who can understand this.
We need to know that chasing after material is like a chasing after the wind. Not that material is bad, but the love/lust of it is root of all evil. Luke 12:15 says “a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions”. Let us be content knowing that’where your treasure is, there your heart is’. God bless you. Alex; alnnets@yahoo.com

]]> By: Eva http://www.plainbibleteaching.com/2007/05/18/contentment/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Eva Sat, 19 May 2007 11:52:00 +0000 http://www.plainbibleteaching.com/blog/?p=29#comment-9 Good post, Andy. Contentment is hard to come by in the materialism that surrounds us in the world--and even too often in the church. <br/><br/>You made a good point, though, by pointing out the side of the equation that so often is overlooked -- those who have little are sometimes as caught up in worry and wanting to have more that they lose sight of their spiritual focus. That is just as harmful (sinful) and sometimes even more debilitating than the traditional example of those do who get caught up in their money and things and worrying how to keep, protect, and grow their things/money. Good post, Andy. Contentment is hard to come by in the materialism that surrounds us in the world–and even too often in the church.

You made a good point, though, by pointing out the side of the equation that so often is overlooked — those who have little are sometimes as caught up in worry and wanting to have more that they lose sight of their spiritual focus. That is just as harmful (sinful) and sometimes even more debilitating than the traditional example of those do who get caught up in their money and things and worrying how to keep, protect, and grow their things/money.

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