Greg Laurie: A New Beginning24 Jul 2022

Contending with Discontentment | Sunday Message (with Jonathan Laurie)

It’s easy for us to fall into discontentment, especially when comparing ourselves to others. King Saul was this way, forgetting his blessings and giving a home to envy and unhappiness. Thankfully, there’s a cure, and Pastor Jonathan’s sharing it in this special Sunday message!

Notes

We want to live the way we want to live, but we want to also secure our place in Heaven, meaning people will live like a devil, and then hope to die like a saint.

People who live their lives for God and are obedient and submissive to His Word, and are grounded in the community of the church, are among the happiest, balanced, most content, and vigorous in this life.

When we sin, we are choosing our will and desire for our life, not God’s.

Discontentment is not something that only plagued people in Saul’s day; it plagues people today as well!

“The roots of them are in all of us, the only way to keep them from growing up rank is to think less of our reputation and more of our duty, to count it a very small matter what men think of us, and the all-important matter what God thinks.” —Alexander McClaren

“If you will take care of your depth, God will take care of your breadth.

If you will take care of your character, God will take care of your reputation.” —Greg Laurie

Practice Contentment.
Celebrate the Success of Others.
Rejoice, Always!

Scripture Referenced

1 Timothy 6:6–10 (ESV)

1 Samuel 18:3–4 (ESV)

1 Thessalonians 5:15–18 (ESV)

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