"The Secret of Contentment"
Building Life on God's Values - Part 10
Exodus 20:17
March 15, 2020
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant; or his female servant or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's." Exodus 20:17 ESV
The definition of "covet": the _____________ desire to acquire.
A. The effect of always wanting more....
1. __________. Prov. 23:4
2. __________. Eccl. 5:11
3. __________. Eccl. 5:12
4. __________. James 4:1
5. ________________. Eccl. 5:10
The antidote to covetousness is _________________.
Phil 4:12
B. The secret to contentment.....
1. _____________ comparing myself to others.
2 Cor. 10:12; 1 Tim. 6:9
2. __________ in what I do have. Eccl. 5:19; Eccl. 6:9
3. ___________ what I have to help others.
1 Tim. 6:17-19
Don't become _________ of your wealth.
Don't put your trust in your __________.
Use your money to do __________.
Give ___________.
Acts 20:35
4. ___________ on what's going to last. 2 Cor. 4:18
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Luke 12:15
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