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

Tue Nov 29 23:45:51 UTC 2011

I like most of the forwards, BTW.
I especially appreciated the one by Pastor David Myer.
Post the Christmas tracts next, Eric.
Thanks, Joshua

On 11/29/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> 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!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eric Calhoun
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:40 PM
>> To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] How to be content by
>> JoyceMeyer
>>
>>
>>
>> Original Message:
>> From: "Donna" <godsgirl54 at att.net>
>> To: <URCTCPrayerGroup2 at yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] How to be content by Joyce Meyer
>> Date:
>> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:13:19 -0500
>>
>> 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.)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Being thankful from the heart is necessary for the receiving of God's
>> continued favors in our lives. Then verse 7 says after this:
>>
>> 1. Have no anxiety or care,
>>
>> 2. Tell God your need, and
>>
>> 3. Be thankful.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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