Apr. 28, 2024

“Contentment”
1 Timothy 6:3-8
Central Idea: Contentment comes from the priority of godliness
and the perspective of eternity.
I. Context (3-5)
• _______ __________: seek financial _______ rather than godliness
• Paul is warning Timothy -- don’t follow their ___________.
II. Contentment (6-8)
A. The priority of godliness (6)
•contentment - “inward _______________ that is not affected by
outward _____________________.”
Part of contentment is having the right priorities.
• 1st priority is a ____________________ with Jesus
The truth we need to hear from God is this: the _______________
contentment comes when we live in _______________.
• Do you think you will ever be ___________ you obeyed Jesus?
• Contentment comes from having the priority of godliness, not
the priority of great financial _______.
B. The perspective of eternity (7-8)
1. You can’t ________ ____ with you! (7)
• Job 1:21 / Psalm 49:17 / Ecclesiastes 5:15 / Luke 12:20-21
______________ wealth does me no good in eternity.
2. What we _____ __________ in this life (8)
• Food - _______________, maintains, _______________ the body
• Covering (clothes / shelter) = _______________
“content” = enough, ______________ or ______________
Applications:
1. Pray for ____________________.
This is a ______________ battle.
• Pray for godliness
• Pray for God’s perspective on __________.
2. Evaluate your ______ and your _______________ for areas where
you can __________ use the money God has entrusted to you.
• ______________ evaluate your giving.
• Use a __________ so you know where your money is going.
3. The more you ________ the more the things of this life _________
their grip on you.
• There is a _________ correlation between giving & contentment.
• When I can be content both with what I _____________ have
and also with what I _________ have —- than I can give more.
Give away something __________ this week!