1. LETTER OF JOY VI PHILIPPIANS 4:10-23 CONTENTMENT

3. THE FIVE THINGS PAUL KNEW HE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE CONFIDENT – A SINGLE MIND (PHIL 1:6,14,20,25) HE WOULD HAVE A GOOD CONFESSION – A SUBMITTED ATTITUDE (PHIL. 2:10,11) HE WOULD CONTINUE TO CARE FOR PEOPLE – A SERVANT HEART (PHIL 2:7) HE WOULD CONTINUE TO COMPLETE HIS CALLING (PHIL 3:13,14) – THIS MORNING “THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY” – A SPIRITUAL MIND (The Right Perspective) HE WOULD BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING (WORRY) AND WOULD BE CONTENT NO MATTER WHAT (PHIL 4:11) – A SECURE MIND

4. One of the Keys to JOY is CONTENTMENT-Philippians 4:11

6. PAUL HAD a SECURE MIND HE WOULD BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING (NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING) AND WOULD BE CONTENT NO MATTER WHAT (PHIL 4:11) – A SECURE MIND COMES FROM THE LORD

7. THREE THINGS I WAS REMINDED OF THIS WEEK WE OFTEN LOSE OUR CONTENTMENT BECAUSE WE CANNOT TRUST MAN (BUT WE CAN ALWAYS TRUST GOD) WE OFTEN ARE NOT CONTENT BECAUSE WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON THE MOMENT WE FORGET TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE WE OFTEN ARE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT BIG THING TO MAKE US CONTENT THAT WE FAIL TO BE CONTENT TODAY

8. FOUR KEYS TO CONTENTMENT VS 10-11, 14-18-GOD’S PROVIDENCE GUIDES VS 12-13----------GOD’S POWER IS GREAT VS 19--------------GOD’S PROMISES GUARENTEE VS 24--------------GOD’S PROVISION OF GRACE

9. #1-GOD’S PROVIDENCE GUIDES PHILIPPIANS 4:10,11, 14-18

10. WHAT IS PROVIDENCE PRO (LATIN)= BEFORE VIDENCE (LATIN)= VIDEO= TO SEE PROVIDENCE= TO SEE BEFORE SIMPLY PUT, GOD SEE IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS AND ARRANGES CIRCUMSTANCES, SITUATIONS AND PEOPLE FOR THE FULFILLING OF HIS PURPOSE

11. LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES NOAH—GOD KNEW THE FLOOD WOULD COME AND HE NEEDED A FAITH MAN JOSEPH (GEN 50:20) GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES

12. A GREAT PROVIDENCE SCRIPTURE

13. PROVIDENCE IS NOT PREDESTINATION GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EACH OF OUR LIVES HE SEES THE BEGINNING FROM THE END WE NEED HIS HELP TO GET THERE ROMANS 8:28 TELLS US WE MUST LOVE HIM AND FOLLOW AFTER HIS PURPOSES – WE DO OUR PART AND HE DOES THE REST

14. PHILIPPIANS 4:14-18 VS 14-16-----THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SPEAKING TO YOU TO MEET SOMEONES NEED AND HE IS SPEAKING TO SOMEONE ELSE TO MEET YOUR NEED (IT’S A TWO WAY STREET) – GOD ALWAYS HAS A PLAN AND A PEOPLE VS 17-18-----YOU MUST HAVE A RIGHT HEART MOTIVE TO RECEIVE AND TO GIVE – A SACRIFICE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE AND PLEASES GOD

15. #2-GOD’S POWER IS GREAT-VS 13

16. #3-GOD’S PROMISES GUARENTEE VS 19

17. #4-GOD’S PROVISION OF GRACE-VS 23-THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU

18. IF YOU WANT CONTENTMENT YOU MUST LEARN AND LIVE VS 12

19. HERE ARE THE 4 KEYS PAUL KNEW AND TEACHES US VS 10-11, 14-18-GOD’S PROVIDENCE GUIDES VS 12-13----------GOD’S POWER IS GREAT VS 19--------------GOD’S PROMISES GUARENTEE VS 24--------------GOD’S PROVISION OF GRACE

20. BALANCING PHIL. 3:11 AND PHIL. 4:11 PHILIPPIANS 3:14 TELLS US TO PRESS FORWARD TO THE MARK OF THE PRIZE THE UPWARD CALL – WE MUST NOT SETTLE FOR MAINTAINING OR COASTING---WE NEED TO BE GROWING PHILIPPIANS 4:11 TELLS US TO BE CONTENT IN GOD’S PLAN WE PRESS FORWARD IN FAITH AND WE STAY CONTENT AS HE PROVIDES WE DO OUR PART AND TRUST HIM TO DO HIS

21. DO YOU HAVE A SECURE MIND? STOP WORRYING AND GET BACK IN FAITH – NAME YOUR WORRY – REFRAME YOUR WORRY-HEB 11:3 – RECLAIM YOUR FAITH STORY ARE YOU DISCONTENTED, FRUSTRATED, DISAPPOINTED – GET BACK INTO CONTENT FAITH THAT HE WILL….