[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] How to be contentbyJoyceMeyer

Wed Nov 30 04:36:22 UTC 2011

Joshua,
I prefer non denominational lists, and yours is not, but thanks for telling 
me.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joshua Lester
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:22 PM
To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] How to be 
contentbyJoyceMeyer

Amen!
I have a list that I've told you about, and we never have forwards.
Blessings, Joshua

On 11/29/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> those who want to read them can subscribe themselves. I don't mind one a 
> day
> or every other day, but several from the same source isn't right.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 6:45 PM
> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] How to be content
> byJoyceMeyer
>
> 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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