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