CONTENTMENT

Heavenly Father, help me to be selfless and content with what You have blessed me with. Lord, I know that all I have that is good has come from You. And you know my needs even better than I do, and I am in your caring, capable hands. Lord, never let me lose sight of this. Amen.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

1 Timothy 6:6-7

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.

Hebrews 13:5

All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:15

True contentment is a real, even an active virtue - not only affirmative but creative. It is the power of getting out of any situation all there is in it.

G.K. Chesterton

A heart of peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Proverbs 14:30

I am not saying this because I am in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:11

The fear of the LORD leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

Proverbs 19:23

There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. "For whom am I toiling," he asked, "and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?" This too is meaningless- a miserable business!

Ecclesiastes 4:8

The righteous eat to their hearts' content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.

Proverbs 13:25