WEBVTT 00:00:00.980 --> 00:00:06.860 Last week we looked at contentment from Philippians chapter 4. 00:00:07.060 --> 00:00:06.860 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.780 And then he rung me half an hour later and he said, yes, you gave me that sermon. 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:43.359 And so, I've reworked it a little bit, but some of you might recognize it. 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:44.200 Money. 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:52.420 Money is one of those things, isn't it, that interests us the most and yet we speak about the least. 00:00:53.780 --> 00:00:54.560 End of the tax year. 00:00:54.820 --> 00:00:55.280 It's last week. 00:00:56.299 --> 00:00:57.100 Start of the month. 00:00:57.340 --> 00:00:58.560 Payday has just happened, hasn't it? 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:09.019 And as we gather together, I am pretty certain that every single one of us will be fully conscious of what is going on in our private financial world. 00:01:10.460 --> 00:01:15.980 And whether this morning you feel you've got enough or not enough, you will know this morning. 00:01:17.579 --> 00:01:20.140 Maybe some of you are wondering, how are you going to pay that bill? 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:25.140 How are you going to pull things together to make the holiday happen in the summer? 00:01:25.299 --> 00:01:27.039 What is inflation going to do? 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:35.460 And then, of course, it's something, isn't it, that we each individually think about and yet we rarely talk about together. 00:01:37.460 --> 00:01:40.100 We abide, don't we, by certain social norms. 00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:46.699 No one has ever said to me over coffee after the service, so what are you on? 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:48.399 How much do you earn? 00:01:49.839 --> 00:01:52.060 How much did you get with your promotion? 00:01:52.179 --> 00:01:53.299 Not that I've ever had promotion. 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:55.739 But people don't ask that, isn't it? 00:01:55.780 --> 00:01:56.359 What was your bonus? 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:08.099 And when we bring our deep personal interest in money, but our shared reserve about money to the Bible, we find that God actually only shares one of those attitudes. 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:11.560 God is deeply interested in money. 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:14.400 He's deeply interested in what you do with it. 00:02:15.699 --> 00:02:19.139 He is not remotely interested in keeping quiet about money. 00:02:19.139 --> 00:02:26.059 And so all over the pages of the Bible, God reveals that money is the very stuff of life. 00:02:27.399 --> 00:02:28.919 And money does things. 00:02:29.139 --> 00:02:30.219 It's not inanimate. 00:02:31.839 --> 00:02:32.899 Money does things. 00:02:34.419 --> 00:02:35.739 Money sets you free. 00:02:37.279 --> 00:02:38.339 Money makes you a slave. 00:02:39.959 --> 00:02:44.019 Money can be what God uses to bring you to the Lord Jesus. 00:02:44.020 --> 00:02:49.780 And money can be what keeps you out of his kingdom, too. 00:02:51.520 --> 00:03:05.120 It's because of all the things that Jesus talks about in the Gospels, he is not in the least shy about speaking about money. 00:03:06.900 --> 00:03:08.240 But here's the thing. 00:03:08.320 --> 00:03:12.000 When God speaks about money, he never just says, give. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:16.139 He never just says, give. 00:03:16.659 --> 00:03:18.360 He doesn't just say, give generously. 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:30.719 Because God knows that the money in your pocket and your online bank details on your phone, they are always an x-ray machine of your heart. 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:33.960 Money talks, we say. 00:03:35.060 --> 00:03:35.539 And that's true. 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:37.460 The Bible would agree with that. 00:03:37.740 --> 00:03:38.360 Money reveals. 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:41.580 Money actually takes the layers off. 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:45.320 And money shows us where our hearts are. 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:46.660 So do you remember what Jesus said? 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:50.900 Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 00:03:51.040 --> 00:03:51.780 It's really interesting. 00:03:51.860 --> 00:03:54.040 Where do you want to find out where your heart is? 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:55.360 Let me tell you where you find it is. 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:57.040 You go to your bank statement. 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:00.560 They're like an x-ray machine. 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:04.420 Our treasures show our hearts like nothing else. 00:04:04.419 --> 00:04:08.339 And so this morning, I want to look at contentment. 00:04:09.239 --> 00:04:14.339 I want to look at that ability, that spiritual discipline to say, I have enough. 00:04:14.899 --> 00:04:15.639 I'm fine. 00:04:16.659 --> 00:04:17.500 I'm full. 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:19.759 No more required. 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:23.819 One writer has said, we human beings are very odd. 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:25.159 We buy things we don't need. 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:26.459 With money we don't have. 00:04:26.699 --> 00:04:27.879 To please people we don't like. 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:32.759 And I don't know who said that, but it can be very true, can't it? 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:36.959 Things we don't need. 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:38.800 With money we don't have. 00:04:39.899 --> 00:04:42.540 And God says to us in his words, stop it. 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:43.980 Stop doing that. 00:04:45.899 --> 00:04:48.839 So come with me to Romans 13 and verses 1 to 5. 00:04:48.899 --> 00:04:52.000 And I want to see three things about contentment. 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:54.680 That will help us to stop doing that. 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:58.500 Number one, contentment. 00:04:59.259 --> 00:05:01.980 Being able to say, no, it's okay. 00:05:02.060 --> 00:05:02.759 I've had enough. 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:04.519 I don't need it. 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:06.920 Flows from the worship of God. 00:05:08.340 --> 00:05:10.120 So I don't know whether you noticed it as I read it. 00:05:10.280 --> 00:05:11.720 There are different commands out there. 00:05:11.780 --> 00:05:14.019 They're kind of staccato commands that come to us. 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:15.780 All in quick succession. 00:05:17.220 --> 00:05:18.899 So, and verse 1, love each other. 00:05:20.300 --> 00:05:22.420 Be hospitable, verse 2. 00:05:22.420 --> 00:05:25.800 Remember the suffering, verse 3. 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:28.480 Honor marriage, verse 4. 00:05:28.939 --> 00:05:31.160 Flee sexual immorality. 00:05:33.620 --> 00:05:35.600 Keep your lives free from the love of money. 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:37.040 Be content. 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:39.620 Verse 7, remember your leaders. 00:05:39.939 --> 00:05:40.960 And it goes on and on. 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:44.520 The letters of the Hebrews, we're breaking into it in 13. 00:05:44.620 --> 00:05:46.819 Of course, there's 12 chapters come before this. 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:48.939 And it is very deliberately argued. 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:53.420 It's a deliberately argued theological point. 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:56.620 It talks about Jesus' work as the eternal son. 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:00.259 Jesus is like a new Moses, Hebrews tells us. 00:06:00.579 --> 00:06:02.819 Jesus is like a leader like the new Joshua. 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:04.160 He is a priest. 00:06:04.339 --> 00:06:05.779 He is the great high priest. 00:06:07.100 --> 00:06:08.399 And now here at the end, 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:10.959 is it that the writer says, oh yes, 00:06:11.019 --> 00:06:12.860 and there's these pile of things that I've forgotten about. 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:14.600 Don't forget the usual. 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:17.000 Love, good works, marriage, all of that. 00:06:19.100 --> 00:06:21.379 Are these, as one commentator calls it, 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:22.000 the leftovers? 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.460 You've done the heavy duty theology, 1 to 12, 00:06:25.699 --> 00:06:27.939 and then the end of it is just kind of the fillers. 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:29.600 Well, the answer is no. 00:06:29.780 --> 00:06:30.600 Here's the answer why. 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:32.520 Look at chapter 12, verses 28 and 29. 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:35.780 Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom 00:06:35.780 --> 00:06:36.819 that cannot be shaken. 00:06:37.180 --> 00:06:39.660 The kingdom of God stands and grows forever. 00:06:39.660 --> 00:06:46.000 And so, offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe. 00:06:47.020 --> 00:06:48.680 For our God is a consuming fire. 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:52.060 Worship God acceptably. 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:53.760 Worship God reverently. 00:06:55.620 --> 00:06:57.800 In other words, don't mess about with this God. 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:01.480 Get worship right. 00:07:02.860 --> 00:07:04.820 Because there are certain things God hates, 00:07:05.420 --> 00:07:07.040 and certain things God cannot tolerate, 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:10.560 and which the burning purity of his holy love will consume. 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:13.040 So, how do you do that? 00:07:13.200 --> 00:07:16.780 How do you worship reverently and full of awe? 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:17.640 Chapter 13. 00:07:18.280 --> 00:07:19.420 There's your order of service. 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:21.700 Here's the liturgy. 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:25.580 It's not a random collection of loose ends 00:07:25.580 --> 00:07:26.879 tagged onto the end of a letter 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:28.560 because the writer had forgotten it somehow. 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:31.640 No, these are the vital elements of Christian worship. 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:35.180 So much so that if you don't have them, 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:39.000 you are facing a God who is a consuming fire. 00:07:40.979 --> 00:07:42.360 And so, for us this morning, 00:07:42.479 --> 00:07:44.120 the challenge is, look at verse 5. 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:48.939 Keep your life free from the love of money 00:07:48.939 --> 00:07:52.360 and be content with what you have. 00:07:53.379 --> 00:07:54.459 For he has said, 00:07:54.599 --> 00:07:56.459 I will never leave you nor forsake you. 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:57.839 So, remember this is about worship. 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:01.459 And turn the verse with me 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:03.779 into the opposite of what it says. 00:08:03.859 --> 00:08:05.379 Can you see the point that the writer is making? 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:10.120 Let's turn it into the opposite of what it says, verse 5. 00:08:10.419 --> 00:08:11.759 Fill your life with the love of money. 00:08:12.919 --> 00:08:16.759 Harbour a low burn, constant, unhappy discontent 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:17.399 with what you have. 00:08:19.779 --> 00:08:20.439 Do that. 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:22.459 If you do that, 00:08:23.259 --> 00:08:24.620 you're not worshipping God. 00:08:24.620 --> 00:08:28.740 Keep your life free from all of that. 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:30.459 Free from the love of money 00:08:30.459 --> 00:08:31.680 and be content. 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:36.279 If you do all that, 00:08:36.419 --> 00:08:38.539 you are not worshipping God. 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:41.779 And when we see that this is all about worship, 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:43.179 it's so strong, isn't it? 00:08:43.580 --> 00:08:44.600 Worship is 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:47.179 what we're doing here together this morning. 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:48.299 Praise to the Lord, 00:08:48.379 --> 00:08:49.980 the Almighty, the King of creation. 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:56.080 He is the only wise God, isn't he? 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:57.259 He is victorious. 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:58.639 His name we praise. 00:08:59.060 --> 00:09:00.180 That is worship, isn't it? 00:09:01.800 --> 00:09:04.159 Once again, I think upon your sacrifice. 00:09:04.340 --> 00:09:05.879 I'm broken inside. 00:09:06.220 --> 00:09:06.779 Is that worship? 00:09:06.899 --> 00:09:07.779 Yes, it is. 00:09:10.779 --> 00:09:11.180 Partly. 00:09:13.620 --> 00:09:16.019 And what it's saying to you and I this morning is this. 00:09:16.100 --> 00:09:17.139 You can sing all you want. 00:09:17.139 --> 00:09:22.120 You can look for a church with the best worship in the world. 00:09:22.439 --> 00:09:25.460 You can seek out the best style of worship that you love. 00:09:26.220 --> 00:09:28.259 But where there is Sunday words, 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:30.960 but Monday to Saturday discontent, 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:32.840 you're not worshipping God acceptably. 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.259 Monday to Saturday greed, 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:41.519 and Sunday worship is not worship. 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:45.299 And God never pulls his punches, does he? 00:09:46.439 --> 00:09:48.340 He loves you too much for that. 00:09:49.819 --> 00:09:53.679 His holiness and his glory are too great for that. 00:09:53.779 --> 00:09:56.840 And so we live easily with facade, 00:09:57.819 --> 00:09:59.199 and pretense, and politeness, 00:10:00.199 --> 00:10:01.600 and turning a blind eye, 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:02.500 but God never does that. 00:10:02.500 --> 00:10:05.840 And so you go to 1 Peter 3, 00:10:06.220 --> 00:10:09.220 and you've got this amazing verse in 1 Peter 3, 00:10:09.419 --> 00:10:10.840 where Peter tells husbands, 00:10:11.100 --> 00:10:15.159 husbands, you live with your wives considerably. 00:10:15.940 --> 00:10:16.539 Considerately. 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:19.860 Treat them respectfully, 00:10:20.820 --> 00:10:22.720 and as equal heirs. 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:27.200 And then he gives a reason why husbands are to live with their lives 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:27.920 respectfully, 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:29.040 and considerably, 00:10:29.560 --> 00:10:30.100 considerably, 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:32.340 and as equal heirs. 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:33.080 He says this, 00:10:33.300 --> 00:10:34.300 so that nothing, 00:10:34.680 --> 00:10:36.480 nothing will hinder your prayers. 00:10:38.680 --> 00:10:39.740 So he says, 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:41.139 do A, 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:43.960 so that B won't happen. 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:44.820 Can you see that? 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:48.160 Bully your wife at home, 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:49.940 but never miss the prayer meeting. 00:10:49.940 --> 00:10:50.960 And Peter says, 00:10:51.180 --> 00:10:52.740 God is not listening. 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:55.660 He doesn't care about your prayers. 00:10:56.660 --> 00:10:57.640 They hit the roof, 00:10:57.740 --> 00:10:58.540 and they go no further. 00:11:01.060 --> 00:11:02.140 In the book of Isaiah, 00:11:02.560 --> 00:11:03.660 we often use this, 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:03.960 don't we? 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:05.620 That these people honor me with their lips, 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:06.980 but their hearts are far from me, 00:11:07.040 --> 00:11:07.520 God says. 00:11:09.920 --> 00:11:10.480 He says, 00:11:10.540 --> 00:11:12.620 stop bringing me your meaningless offerings. 00:11:13.220 --> 00:11:15.280 And when you spread out your hands in prayer, 00:11:15.540 --> 00:11:18.020 I will hide my eyes from you, 00:11:18.380 --> 00:11:19.380 and I will not listen. 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:22.039 Take your evil deeds out of my sight. 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:24.120 Stop doing wrong. 00:11:24.259 --> 00:11:24.939 Learn to do right. 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:25.779 Seek justice. 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:26.899 Encourage the oppressed. 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:28.939 Defend the cause of the fatherless. 00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:31.159 Plead the cause of the widow. 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:33.159 That is acceptable worship. 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:36.779 Sounds like Hebrews 13 to me. 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:39.620 With one addition. 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:42.740 Learn to be content. 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:45.360 Learn to be content. 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:46.320 Do you remember last week, 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:48.780 Paul said in Philippians, 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:50.220 I have learned to be content 00:11:50.220 --> 00:11:51.280 in whatever circumstances. 00:11:54.160 --> 00:11:55.300 So interesting, isn't it? 00:11:57.300 --> 00:11:59.000 Do you find contentment hard? 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:04.560 Anyone prepared to be remotely honest, 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:06.760 they will say that they do. 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.960 You're not born content. 00:12:10.319 --> 00:12:11.539 No one is born content. 00:12:12.319 --> 00:12:13.120 It's the very opposite. 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:16.779 We are naturally discontent, 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:19.519 and you have to learn to admit it. 00:12:22.100 --> 00:12:24.340 Notice the main verb 00:12:24.340 --> 00:12:27.480 in Hebrews 13, verse 5. 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:36.560 Keep your life free from the love of money. 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:40.920 It's like keeping your garden free of weeds. 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:44.920 You're never done to you with the garden. 00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:47.680 Again and again and again, 00:12:47.800 --> 00:12:49.519 you've got to keep weeding. 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:53.240 And if you're not active in keeping weeding, 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:54.039 what happens? 00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:54.759 The weeds grow. 00:12:56.299 --> 00:12:57.579 And if you're not active 00:12:57.579 --> 00:12:59.939 in keeping the love of money at bay, 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:02.019 the love of money will keep you. 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:04.939 And so how do we learn it? 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:06.679 Well, we begin here. 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:07.819 We start here with worship. 00:13:08.259 --> 00:13:10.319 We learn that loving money more than God 00:13:10.319 --> 00:13:11.740 is a form of hating God. 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:14.919 Loving money more than others 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:16.059 is a form of hating others. 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.740 Loving money more than being content 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:19.940 with what we have is a profound form 00:13:19.940 --> 00:13:20.740 of ingratitude. 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:24.279 And so these are rich words, aren't they? 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:26.779 You want more? 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:29.560 Well, look at what God has already given. 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:32.440 Look at what is already in the bank. 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:36.080 Look at what is already in your home 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:37.039 and on the walls. 00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:41.759 And learn to spot when a love of more 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:43.259 is taking over your life. 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:46.259 Because here's a second way to learn it. 00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:48.779 Contentment treasures the promises of God. 00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:53.759 Contentment treasures the promises of God. 00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:58.080 And the passage gives us a reason 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:00.639 for keeping the love of money at bay 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:01.799 and being content. 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.679 Look at verse 5. 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:06.840 Keep your life free from the love of money 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:09.319 and be content with what you have. 00:14:09.659 --> 00:14:10.620 For he has said, 00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:13.259 I will never leave you 00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:15.379 nor forsake you. 00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:20.879 And what we want most in life 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:22.639 and what you want most 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:24.299 in your life 00:14:24.299 --> 00:14:25.899 is relationships. 00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.659 End of story. 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:33.000 And money goes wrong 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.220 when we put money 00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:35.539 before relationships. 00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:36.519 I think you can see that 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:37.480 on a micro level 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:38.440 and I think you can see that 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:39.420 on a macro level too. 00:14:41.420 --> 00:14:42.259 When we put money 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:43.940 before relationships with God 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:46.240 and before we put 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:47.759 and when we put 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:49.560 money before relationships 00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:50.139 with others. 00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:53.820 One pastor said this. 00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:54.139 He said, 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.659 I've never yet had a young woman 00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:56.600 come into my office 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:57.440 and say, 00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:58.480 I'm so messed up 00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.320 because my dad 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:00.600 used to drop me off to school 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.920 in a beat up old Ford 00:15:01.920 --> 00:15:03.300 that kept breaking down. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.560 Oh the shame. 00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.879 I've never recovered. 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:08.000 But he said, 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:09.240 I've met plenty of young women 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:10.299 who are all over the place 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:11.100 because their dad 00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:11.740 had enough money 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.840 to pay for the whole school 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.879 to go on a skiing trip 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:17.039 but never enough time 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:17.720 to spend with them. 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:22.279 And we often use money 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:24.159 to cover our lack 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:24.899 of relationships. 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.679 But in fact, 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:29.360 it is relationships 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:32.000 that breed contentment. 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:35.700 when you have someone's attention, 00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:39.100 when you have someone's devotion, 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:40.440 when you have someone's love, 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:42.100 contentment grows. 00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.799 And you and I, 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.600 if we have trusted 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:46.500 in the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.580 we have the strongest, 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.399 most precious, 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.799 most long-lasting, 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:52.379 most unbreakable 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:53.600 relationship of all. 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:58.460 It's true, isn't it? 00:15:58.460 --> 00:16:00.040 If you live long enough, 00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:02.620 you will be forsaken 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:05.060 by those closest to you. 00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:08.360 If you live long enough, 00:16:08.420 --> 00:16:09.320 you will be forsaken 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:11.279 by those who are closest to you. 00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:12.580 Death claims them 00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:13.879 and takes them. 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:16.139 Or you will do that to others 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:18.120 and you will forsake them in death. 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:20.980 But you and I have someone 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:22.720 with us now in life 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:25.340 and someone who will be there 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:26.419 with us in death 00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:29.299 and someone who will hold us 00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:30.980 from life to death 00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:32.159 and be with us 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:33.039 on the other side. 00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:36.279 The soul that on Jesus 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.980 has leaned for repose. 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.159 He'll never, 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.279 no never forsake to his foes. 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.240 That soul, 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.399 though all hell, 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.980 should endeavor to shake, 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.080 I'll never, 00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:47.539 no never, 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.539 never forsake. 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:51.559 And there's nothing more precious 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:52.319 than that in all the world, 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:52.620 is there? 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:57.519 When Bill Gates dies, 00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.759 the obituaries will be written 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:01.279 and everyone will want to know, 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:01.500 won't they, 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.419 how much did he leave? 00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:04.079 How much did he leave? 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.700 And there's only one answer, 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.000 isn't there? 00:17:06.139 --> 00:17:06.940 He left everything. 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.259 He will leave everything. 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.319 One day, 00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:12.899 the richest man in this world, 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.680 whoever it is, 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.299 his money will leave him. 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:17.759 One day, 00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:19.079 the richest person in the world, 00:17:19.399 --> 00:17:20.460 their money will forsake them. 00:17:21.899 --> 00:17:22.960 And like you and I, 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:24.259 the richest person in the world 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:25.599 and the poorest person in the world 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:27.139 will all face the God of 00:17:27.139 --> 00:17:27.839 chapter 12, 00:17:27.899 --> 00:17:28.339 verse 29. 00:17:31.659 --> 00:17:33.480 And the only thing that counts, 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.799 the only thing that matters, 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:36.379 will be having Jesus Christ 00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:37.259 at your side or not. 00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:40.480 Contentment treasures 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:41.539 the promises of God. 00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.720 And you are not alone 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:47.680 if you've trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:49.400 Yes, you don't have X, 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.480 whatever it is. 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.680 Yes, you'll never have Y. 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.200 But you're not alone. 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:00.539 You see, get the promise right. 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.819 Notice what it isn't. 00:18:02.120 --> 00:18:04.000 Be content with what you have 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:06.819 because I will provide for you. 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:08.059 Well, yes, possibly. 00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.539 And yet, 00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.599 those beautiful verses 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.579 at the end of Romans 8, 00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:14.220 do you remember them? 00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:15.339 They teach us 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:18.240 that the life of the Christian 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:19.319 is one of suffering now 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:20.139 and glory later. 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.799 But they teach us 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.439 that trouble and hardship 00:18:24.439 --> 00:18:25.059 and famine 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:26.059 and nakedness 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:27.099 and sword 00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:28.579 and cancer 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:30.059 and ill health 00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:31.319 and bereavement 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:32.399 may very well 00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:33.159 be our lot. 00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:36.179 And none of that 00:18:36.179 --> 00:18:38.119 can separate us from Him. 00:18:39.899 --> 00:18:40.839 Your head 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.659 might be separated 00:18:41.659 --> 00:18:42.599 from your body, 00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:44.099 but you cannot be separated 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.679 from Christ. 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.179 And I think 00:18:48.179 --> 00:18:48.799 constant, 00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:49.819 slow, 00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:51.299 deliberate 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.099 treasuring 00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:53.139 the promises of God 00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:54.200 will nurture 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:55.139 contentment 00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:56.480 in our hearts 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.700 and slowly, 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:59.039 bit by bit, 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.579 will prise 00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.639 our fingers 00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:02.200 open 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:04.139 around our money 00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:06.879 and will leave us 00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.819 looking at it 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.879 with a shrug of the shoulders. 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.899 Augustine said this, 00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:13.460 He who has Him 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:15.220 to all things belong 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:17.099 has all things. 00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.659 I've only ever stayed 00:19:21.659 --> 00:19:22.440 in the home of somebody 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.740 who is fabulously wealthy 00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:25.980 maybe for a couple of nights. 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:29.099 because I was 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.920 an invited guest, 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.799 because I was asked 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.720 to stay there, 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:34.480 because I was in a relationship 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.500 with them, 00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:37.059 all that was theirs 00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:38.120 was mine 00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:38.620 for that night. 00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.819 I loved it. 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.680 And so Christ 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.299 is the King 00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.880 of the universe 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:46.480 and He is yours. 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:49.440 And what is 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:50.160 His 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:51.360 is yours. 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.799 And one day 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.700 you will inherit. 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:55.059 What does Jesus say? 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.480 You will inherit 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:57.180 the earth. 00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.740 And so why 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.880 be discontent 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:02.700 with what we don't 00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.460 have of things 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.620 that will never last? 00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:08.059 I love these words 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.700 of John Wesley, 00:20:09.340 --> 00:20:09.740 John Wesley, 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.920 the founder of Methodism, 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.319 the great 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:12.340 18th century preacher. 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:13.840 He says this, 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:15.340 I was in the robe chamber 00:20:15.340 --> 00:20:16.299 adjoining 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.620 to the house of lords 00:20:17.620 --> 00:20:18.259 when the king 00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.039 put his robes on. 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.640 He saw him 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.259 getting changed, 00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:22.580 he saw him 00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:22.860 getting dressed. 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.579 His brow, 00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:23.939 the king, 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.259 was much furrowed 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.779 with age 00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.599 and quite clouded 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.059 with care. 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.039 I thought, 00:20:28.719 --> 00:20:30.399 is this all the world 00:20:30.399 --> 00:20:31.819 can give even to a king? 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:33.059 All the grandeur 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.899 it can afford. 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:35.339 A blanket of ermine 00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.179 around his shoulder 00:20:36.179 --> 00:20:37.079 so heavy 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:38.299 and cumbersome 00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:39.240 he can scarce 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.979 move under it. 00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:41.039 A huge heap 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.039 of borrowed hair 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.379 with a few plates 00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:44.000 of gold 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.099 glittering stone 00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.859 upon his head. 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.039 Alas, 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.379 what a bauble 00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:49.319 is human greatness. 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.199 And even this 00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:51.839 will not endure. 00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:55.439 Teodrich Bonhoeffer 00:20:55.439 --> 00:20:55.659 said, 00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.139 Christianity 00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:56.699 preaches 00:20:56.699 --> 00:20:57.299 the infinite 00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:57.859 worth 00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.740 of that 00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.139 which is 00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.539 seemingly 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.199 worthless 00:21:00.199 --> 00:21:02.099 and the 00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.579 infinite 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.439 worthlessness 00:21:03.439 --> 00:21:05.099 of that 00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.439 which is 00:21:05.439 --> 00:21:05.740 seemingly 00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.339 so valued. 00:21:08.199 --> 00:21:08.679 Christianity 00:21:08.679 --> 00:21:09.159 preaches 00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.599 the infinite 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.059 worth 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.359 of that 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:10.699 which is 00:21:10.699 --> 00:21:11.039 seemingly 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.559 worthless 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:13.139 and the 00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:13.519 infinite 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.259 worthlessness 00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.579 of that 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:15.899 which is 00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.220 seemingly 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:17.279 so valued. 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:23.440 number three contentment thrives among the people of god contentment thrives 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:28.139 among the people of god i don't know whether you noticed it but chapter 13 is all about relationships 00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:36.740 it's all about relationships and money itself is described in relational terms notice 00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:45.740 we're not told are we keep your life free from money that's that's impossible there's bills to 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:52.039 pay there's mouths to feed there's good things to enjoy and benefit from no keep your life free from 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:59.059 the love of money keep your life free from a certain kind of relationship to money 00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:04.480 and here's how you do it you replace it with another kind of love you love something else 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:11.779 more than money and that's what the writer is saying here love the people of god more than money 00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:18.579 look at the criss-crossing multi-layered network of relationships 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:23.579 and if you put your life into loving others like this well 00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:30.200 the problem isn't going to be not having enough money to spend on yourself 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:34.859 it will be a desire of wanting to give it away to others 00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:41.500 and you will find you learn contentment this way that's the straight command in verse one isn't it 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:45.819 look at verse one let brotherly love continue love each other as brothers we are family 00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:55.559 i love my human brothers deeply and they know it and they can tell that some of the time 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:59.799 and and god tells me to love you like that 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:04.619 and you should know it and you should feel it from me 00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:08.440 and i should know it and feel it from you 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:13.879 i'm not really sure what verse two means are you 00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:19.119 do not neglect to show hospitality that's pretty clear 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:24.439 to strangers okay for thereby some have entertained angels unawares 00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:30.459 well at the very least it means this if you're interested in the supernatural if you're interested 00:23:30.459 --> 00:23:34.979 in the realm of angels it tells you this stop gazing out of the sky 00:23:34.979 --> 00:23:38.479 and get out of church get home and open your cupboards 00:23:38.479 --> 00:23:40.779 and make someone some beans on toast 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:44.859 get some of the neighbors around who you've never spoken to 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:48.459 or really met what's the worst that could happen 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:52.120 well you might be entertaining angels unawares 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:57.920 what about verse three so beautiful isn't it remember those who are in prison 00:23:57.920 --> 00:24:01.200 as though in prison with them 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:04.640 and those who are mistreated since you are also 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:06.460 in the body 00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:11.740 we get the weekly prayer emails from barnabas fund like you do 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:14.680 we pray for folks like that now and again 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:17.299 no but what are you actually doing about it 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:22.200 giving to them because you can't actually visit them in prison 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:25.539 as if you were actually in chains with them 00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:29.759 taking their suffering into your hearts as you pray for the persecuted 00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:33.379 when we read of the church in Ukraine 00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:37.279 we don't read it as a distant observer 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:41.099 no you worship God as you remember them 00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:42.440 as if you were in prison too 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:48.840 that we are to feel the pain 00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:50.620 and enter into their suffering 00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:52.299 and the suffering of others 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:56.799 and then the love of money for ourselves 00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:59.420 will slowly and surely begin to dissipate 00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:04.740 because what is happening there 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:07.440 is as you feel the pain of others 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:10.440 you form an orientation to your life 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:12.000 which is other people centered 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:14.480 and other focused 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.840 than from yourself 00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:19.000 and I think the danger in verse three 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:20.340 is kind of limiting the application 00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:21.700 to thinking right persecuted church 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.880 which it is about that 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:24.580 but also it's written isn't it 00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.600 to a local church family 00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:28.680 of those who are struggling 00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.880 and those who are suffering 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:33.580 it's so striking that verse five 00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:36.080 follows right on the heels of verse four 00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:38.380 verse four 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.540 where for marriage 00:25:39.540 --> 00:25:40.500 we're against adultery 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:43.220 but we tolerate greed 00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:47.180 no the writer of the Hebrews 00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.960 is saying to you 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.620 and I 00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.780 it's saying 00:25:49.780 --> 00:25:51.900 both are about the love of others 00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:55.500 bed hopping is lust not love 00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:57.580 and it doesn't put the needs 00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.540 and hopes and feelings 00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.819 and dreams of others first 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.099 and greed 00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.879 greed is discontentment 00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.440 not love 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:05.059 it does not put the needs 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.839 of others first 00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:07.879 look at verse 16 00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:12.519 do not neglect to do good 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:14.000 share what you have 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:16.519 for such sacrifices are pleasing to God 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.019 quite simply 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.879 love other people 00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:20.859 love other people more 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:22.240 and you'll love money less 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:25.480 and so as I finish 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.460 Christian people should be 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.879 the ad man's nightmare 00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.519 shouldn't we 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:32.659 I think the Lidl magazine 00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:35.119 is one of the most 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.159 addictive things 00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:37.039 to read each week 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.299 isn't it 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.379 I love it coming through the door 00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.879 isn't it 00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.819 and I do it that you go to Lidl 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:41.159 I quite like going to Lidl 00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:43.539 and the middle of Lidl 00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.379 is sensational 00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.920 isn't it 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:46.779 I think I've told you before 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.039 isn't it 00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:48.119 last year I went in 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.779 for a red pepper 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.680 and came out with 00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:52.119 a ear and nose trimmer 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.899 for £2.50 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:56.300 I found myself once 00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:58.120 looking at a unicycle 00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:59.740 thinking I could 00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.980 I could do with that 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.100 I could buy 00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:03.740 I could buy a unicycle 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:06.700 and as you read 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.360 the Lidl magazine 00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:08.100 each week 00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:08.720 with the kind of 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:10.940 totally random things 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.220 you know 00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.140 a wetsuit 00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:13.980 and an angle grinder 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.019 next to each other 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:17.079 and the point 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.759 of those magazines 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.619 is to get you to buy 00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.099 isn't it 00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:22.099 and you and I 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.139 should be a nightmare 00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.759 for Lidl 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:25.299 you and I 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.859 should be an 00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:27.980 advertising person's nightmare 00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:30.440 the point of advertising 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.359 is to sell 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:35.299 how does it work 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.579 yes 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.720 how does it get you 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.859 from A to B 00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:40.519 and the ad man 00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.920 he sells you 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.980 discontentment 00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:45.180 and so you think 00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.200 my life is not great 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.860 without that 00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:49.200 look how clean 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.700 and cool 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.400 look how neat 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.900 and tidy 00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.599 look how perfect 00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.259 and polished 00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:54.940 and as you look at it 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.940 you should smile 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.920 and sometimes 00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.880 it's right to buy 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:02.299 sometimes it's right 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.740 to buy 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.240 definitely 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:05.039 but here's the test 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:06.940 to never be upset 00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.579 when we don't 00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:12.599 that a love 00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.279 of our life 00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.000 is not missing 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.460 when we don't 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.859 have it 00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:18.199 and so 00:28:18.199 --> 00:28:19.359 be content 00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.879 with what you have 00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:23.000 and how do you 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.379 do that 00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:25.199 you do that 00:28:25.199 --> 00:28:25.980 by worshipping God 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.039 by treasuring 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.559 his promises 00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:30.779 and loving 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.159 his people 00:28:31.159 --> 00:28:33.279 do those 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:35.379 and contentment 00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.159 will grow in your heart 00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:37.259 let's pray 00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:39.379 let's pray 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.379 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.379 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.379 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.379 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.379 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.379 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.379 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.379 00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.059 let's pray 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.500 let's pray 00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.500 00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.559 let's pray 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.559 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.180 let's pray 00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.180 00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.180 00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.180 00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.180 00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.920 let's pray 00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.279 let's pray 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.279 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.879 let's pray 00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:45.279 let's pray 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.359 let's pray 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.359 00:28:46.359 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