I Choose Peace - In Difficult Circumstances, Part 1

As we travel, we understand the horizon is always moving. The same is true in our desperate search for peace. In this program, Chip tells us peace is not a thing to be achieved, but a secret to be discovered.

Introduction: What would it take for you to be content?

Content: Happy enough with what one has or is; not desiring something more or different; satisfied. -Webster’s Dictionary

The Problem: The horizon is always moving.

Two Historical Solutions:

1. Conquer, achieve, and acquire until satisfied.
2. Desire less and less until it doesn’t matter.

The Question: How can we be satisfied…today?

• The Answer: Philippians 4:10-13
• The Occasion: A “Thank You” Note -Philippians 4:10-13
• The Conclusion: Contentment is not a thing to be achieved, but a secret to be discovered.
• How?

Four Principles – Four Practices:

Principle #1 - Our contentment is not dependent on our circumstances.

• Practice = BE THANKFUL/GRATEFUL -Philippians 4:10

Principle #2 - Contentment is an attitude we learn not a thing we achieve.

• Practice = BE TEACHABLE -Philippians 4:11

Principle #3 - Prosperity does not have the power to give us contentment; nor poverty the power to take it away.

• Practice = BE FLEXIBLE / CHANGEABLE -Philippians 4:12

Principle #4 - Only Christ has the power to give us a contentment that transcends all life’s variables.

• Practice = BE CONTENT / TRUSTING -Philippians 4:13

Conclusion: Contentment is not passive acceptance of the status quo, but the positive assurance that God has supplied one’s needs, and the consequent release from unnecessary desires.

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