Introduction
- Luke 8:7
You can’t chase contentment; you have to learn it.
- Philippians 4:11-12
- I Timothy 6:6-9
- Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
- Ecclesiastes 5:10
Pay attention to lifestyle creep.
- Deuteronomy 6:10 – If they were being warned when they were living in those conditions, what about us?
- Matthew 16:24-26
- Physical things are not bad on their own, but they must not distract us from spiritual matters.
Beware of social comparisons.
- Luke 12:13-15, 21
- Exodus 20:17 – Don’t covet what others have.
- Ephesians 5:3
Use money as a tool for God’s work.
- I Timothy 6:18
- I John 3:17
- Proverbs 19:17
- Deuteronomy 24:19
- I Peter 4:9
- Matthew 25:43