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EP 82 - Cultivating Contentment

Apr 30, 2025

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Much of the material from this week's podcast comes from a blog post I wrote on cultivating contentment over a decade ago, but the same strategy still works today. If you've ever found yourself fixating on your problems, stewing about things over which you have no control, or struggling to "rejoice in all circumstances," this episode is for you!

Show Notes VERSES CITED:

1 Timothy 6:6-8 – “Now godliness with contentment is great gain.....”

Philippians 4:11-12 – “... I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances....”

2 Corinthians 12:10 - “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships....”

Hebrews 13:5 – Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have....”

Proverbs 19:23 – “The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.”

Proverbs 14:30 – “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”

Proverbs 15:15 – “All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.”

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - “Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have....”

Ecclesiastes 5:10 – “Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied....”

Luke 12:19 – “And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy....’"