Sermon Notes July 31, 2016
“True Contentment is Found only in the Lord”
(Philippians 4:10-23)
Americans have been and continue to be taught
to be the great _______________.
I. Contentment is an attitude that is __________.
A. “I have ____________ to be content.”
(Philippians 4:11)
B. “I have ____________ the secret of being
content.” (Philippians 4:12)
II. Contentment does not require that we are
_______________.
A. Paul had learned to be content when he was in
____________, as well as when he had plenty.
(Philippians 4:12-13)
B. Paul’s contentment did not rest upon his
____________ circumstances.
III.The secret of contentment that Paul learned is
to _______________ in the Lord.
A. Real contentment is not in ____________.
B. The secret of contentment is found in this
statement, “I can do all things through
____________ who gives me strength.”
(Philippians 4:13)
C. Paul’s contentment rested not in self-sufficiency,
but in ____________. (2 Corinthians 7-9;
Ephesians 3:20)
D. As we learn to trust God … both by ___________
and by personal experience … we will find
ourselves to be learning contentment. (Philippians
4:19)
“The _______________ of the Lord leads to life:
then one rests content, untouched by trouble.”
(Proverbs 19:23)

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