Contentment definition 1 a feeling of happiness about lifes circumstances Contentment TIME April 2009 Money does not buy happiness Once you reach the median level of income roughly 50000 a year wealth and contentment go their separate ways and studies find that a millionair ID: 192687
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Contentment
definition 1.
a feeling of happiness about life’s circumstancesSlide4
Contentment
TIME,
April 2009
“Money does not buy happiness… Once you reach the median level of income, roughly $50,000 a year, wealth and contentment go their separate ways, and studies find that a millionaire is no more likely to be happy than someone earning one-twentieth as much.” Slide5
Contentment
John D.
Rockefeller
“
I have made many millions, but they have brought me no happiness
”Slide6
Contentment
W.H
.
Vanderbilt
“
The care of $200 million is enough to kill anyone. There is no pleasure in it
”Slide7
Contentment
Henry Ford
“
I was happier when doing a mechanic's job”Slide8
Contentment
Proverbs 27:20
Sheol
and
Abaddon
are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied. Slide9
Contentment
Ecclesiastes 2:
10-11,17
All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor. Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had
done…Slide10
Contentment
Ecclesiastes 2:
10-11,17
…and
behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the
sun… So
I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind. Slide11Slide12
Contentment
definition 2.
an attitude of grateful acceptance of one’s lifeSlide13
Contentment
Philippians 4:
11-13
Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in
prosperity…Slide14
Contentment
Philippians 4:
11-13
…in
any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.Slide15
To Grow Contentment…
Fear the Lord
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord leads to life
So that one may sleep satisfied,
untouched
by evil. Slide16
To Grow Contentment…
Fear the Lord
Believe in the Lord
Obey the LordSlide17
To Grow Contentment…
Fear the Lord
Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness
Than
great income with injustice. Slide18
To Grow Contentment…
Give thanks
Proverbs 5:
18-19
Let your fountain be blessed,
and
rejoice in the wife of your youth. As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
let
her breasts satisfy you at all
times.
Be exhilarated always with her love. Slide19
To Grow Contentment…
Give thanks
Proverbs 30:8–9
…Give me neither poverty nor
riches,
Feed me with the food that is my portion,
that
I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or that I not be in want and steal,
and
profane the name of my God.
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To Grow Contentment…
Give thanks
Socrates
"
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have." Slide21
To Grow Contentment…
Work hard
Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food. Slide22
To Grow Contentment…
Work hard
Proverbs 6:10–11
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. Slide23
To Grow Contentment…
Give to those in need
Proverbs 19:17
One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his good deed. Slide24
To Grow Contentment…
Give to those in need
Proverbs 22:9
He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor. Slide25
To Grow Contentment…
Give to those in need
Proverbs 21:13
He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered. Slide26
To Grow Contentment…
Fear the Lord
Give thanks
Work hard
Give to those in needSlide27
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