
The Secret of Being Content: A Journey Through Philippians
Contentment is a mystery. Seriously. When Paul says in his letter to the Philippians that he has “learned the secret of being content in any and every situation,” the Greek word for “learning the secret” is “memuēmai,” which is commonly used to describe mystery. Learning the secret is being initiated into a divine mystery that is revealed through experience. Does that make you feel like you are in the pages of an epic adventure? You are.
Join us on an eight-week journey where we will:
- dive deeper into Paul's letter to the Philippians,
-learn more about the life of Paul
-study Scripture more deeply
- and discover his secret to contentment which is centered on life with Jesus.
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The Secret of Being Content: A Journey Through Philippians
Week 4 Day 3
DAILY READING
For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his
good purpose. Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you
may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a
warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like
stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. Philippians 2:13
In [Jesus] you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed
by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when
you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in
baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in
the working of God, who raised him from the dead. When you were
dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made
you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the
charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and
condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
Colossians 2:9-14
QUESTIONS:
Do you get frustrated when you find yourself falling into the same
harmful attitudes or behaviors that you’ve tried to overcome? How
does Jesus help you to keep trying?
Does it give you courage and/or contentment knowing you don’t need
to figure it out alone?