[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] How to be content by JoyceMeyer

Tue Nov 29 23:44:19 UTC 2011

Used to, we'd have 10 forwards, in a day.
It hasn't gotten that bad again.
Blessings, Joshua

On 11/29/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> many forwards again!
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> Subject: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] How to be content by Joyce Meyer
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> How To Be Content
> by Joyce Meyer
> The Bible clearly teaches us to "be content" no matter what our
> circumstances are. In Philippians 4:11, Paul said, "I have learned in
> whatsoever state I am in therewith to be content." The Amplified Bible
> describes being content as "satisfied to the point where you are not
> disturbed or disquieted". It doesn't say satisfied to the point where you
> don't want change, but satisfied for now until God brings the change.
> Philippians 4:6-7 sheds more light in this area by saying, "Have no anxiety
> about anything, but in all things by prayer and supplication, with
> thanksgiving, continue to let God know what you want", and verse 7 "the
> peace that passes understanding shall keep your hearts and minds in Christ
> Jesus". Allow me to paraphrase these scriptures in my language for you.
> Don't be upset about anything, no matter what is happening. Pray about it,
> and tell God your need. While you are waiting for God to move, be a very
> thankful and grateful person for all that God has done for you already.
> (Note: Let me say here that if God never did one thing for us except write
> our names in the Lamb's Book of Life, that alone is more than enough.)
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> Being thankful from the heart is necessary for the receiving of God's
> continued favors in our lives. Then verse 7 says after this:
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> 1. Have no anxiety or care,
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> 2. Tell God your need, and
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> 3. Be thankful.
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> Then you will have tremendous peace and contentment no matter what state
> you are in while you are waiting for God to work out His will in your life.
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> Let us not forget Romans 8:28 that says, "All things work together and
> are fitting into a plan for good to those who love God and are called
> according to His purpose."  Even the hard times can work into God's perfect
> plan for your life. Cast your care, and be a thankful person. Take
> inventory each day of what you have instead of counting up all the things
> that you have not. Meditate on what God has done in your life instead of
> what you are still waiting on Him to do. Your flesh wants you to
> concentrate on what you don't have. Your spirit wants you to ask God for
> what you don't have, yet concentrate on what you do have.
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> John 14:27 (Amplified) says, "Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and
> disturbed; do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and
> cowardly and unsettled." Jesus left us a legacy of peace, and He wants us
> to use it. I have discovered through years of experience, many of these
> years spent in frustration and discontentment, that the secret of being
> content is to ask God for what I want, and know that "if it is right" He
> will bring it to pass "at the right time," and if it isn't right, God will
> do something much better than what I asked for anyway. We must learn to
> trust God completely if we ever intend to enjoy peaceful living. It is good
> to trust God for something, but God is calling His people not only to trust
> Him "for something," but to trust Him "in everything."
>
> In Genesis 50:20, Joseph, speaking to his brothers who had severely
> mistreated him, said "As for you, you thought evil against me; but God
> meant it for good." The very things we think are awful right now, very
> often can turn out to be a great blessing. The greatest trial can develop
> in you the greatest faith. God spoke this to my heart a while ago: "Joyce,
> you see to the end of your nose (which isn't very far), and you assume that
> anything that doesn't feel good isn't good. But I see from beginning to end
> because I am The Beginning and The End, and I know many things you don't
> know." We know in part. God is "The All'.
>
> Exercise doesn't feel good, but it is good. When a rebellious child
> receives a spanking, it doesn't feel good, but it is good. Hebrews 12
> teaches us that no chastening for the present seems joyous but grievous,
> nevertheless, later on it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to
> those who have been trained by it. Perhaps we need to learn to be more
> concerned with later on than with right now. Hebrews 12 also says that for
> the joy set before Him, Jesus endured the cross, despising the shame, but
> He is now seated at the right hand of God. Let's be willing to endure for a
> season, if it will seat us at His right hand of authority and power.
>
> In conclusion, let me say that the sum of the whole matter is this: Trust
> God! Hide yourself in the secret place (in Him). God loves you. He is a
> good God who only does good things. Be content knowing that His way is
> perfect, and He brings with Him a great recompense of reward for those who
> trust in Him.
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> God is our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a
> very present and well-proved help in trouble. Ps 46:1
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