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1 Timothy 6: ⁶And religion does make your life rich, by making you content with what you have. ⁷We didn't bring anything into this world, and we won't take anything with us when we leave. ⁸So we should be satisfied just to have food and clothes. (CEV)
1. Describe how you maintain contentment.

Ecclesiastes 2: ²⁴The best thing we can do is to enjoy eating, drinking, and working. I believe these are God's gifts to us, ²⁵and no one enjoys eating and living more than I do. 9: ⁷Be happy and enjoy eating and drinking! God decided long ago that this is what you should do. ⁸Dress up, comb your hair, and look your best. ⁹Life is short, and you love your wife, so enjoy being with her. This is what you are supposed to do as you struggle through life on this earth.
2. Why is life a struggle?

Proverbs 23: ⁴Give up trying so hard to get rich. ⁵Your money flies away before you know it, just like an eagle suddenly taking off. 2 Peter 1: ³We have everything we need to live a life that pleases God. It was all given to us by God's own power, when we learned that he had invited us to share in his wonderful goodness. Luke 12: ¹⁵Then he said to the crowd, "Don't be greedy! Owning a lot of things won't make your life safe."(CEV)
3. What do you tell people who have nothing about God?

Ecclesiastes 4: ⁵Fools will fold their hands and starve to death. ⁶Yet a very little food eaten in peace is better than twice as much earned from overwork and chasing the wind. 5: ¹²If you have to work hard for a living, you can rest well at night, even if you don't have much to eat. But if you are rich, you can't even sleep. 6: ⁹It's better to enjoy what we have than to always want something else, because that makes no more sense than chasing the wind.(CEV)
4. When do you have too little or too much?

Philippians 4: ¹¹I am not complaining about having too little. I have learned to be satisfied with whatever I have. ¹²I know what it is to be poor or to have plenty, and I have lived under all kinds of conditions. I know what it means to be full or to be hungry, to have too much or too little. ¹³Christ gives me the strength to face anything.(CEV)
5. What have you faced with Christ?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
Observations                                                             Applications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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