Living Joyfully Ever After! Part 8: Satisfaction Secrets!
February 27, 2022Satisfaction Secret #1:
Learn “Here and Now” !
Philippians 4:11-12 (NIV)
… I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be 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.
Psalm 118:24 (NLT)
This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
Satisfaction Secret #2:
Count on the Real Source of !
Philippians 4:13 (NLT)
For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13 (CEV)
Christ gives me the strength to face anything.
Acts 16:25 (CEV)
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, while the other prisoners listened.
Satisfaction Secret #3:
It’s Genius to be !
Philippians 4:19 (NIV)
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:15-17 (MSG)
You Philippians well know, and you can be sure I’ll never forget it, that when I first left Macedonia province, venturing out with the Message, not one church helped out in the give-and-take of this work except you. You were the only one. 16 Even while I was in Thessalonica, you helped out—and not only once, but twice. 17 Not that I’m looking for handouts, but I do want you to experience the blessing that issues from generosity.
2 Corinthians 8:1-4 (MSG)
Now, friends, I want to report on the surprising and generous ways in which God is working in the churches in Macedonia province (Philippi). 2 Fierce troubles came down on the people of those churches, pushing them to the very limit. The trial exposed their true colors: They were incredibly happy, though desperately poor. The pressure triggered something totally unexpected: an outpouring of pure and generous gifts. 3 I was there and saw it for myself. They gave offerings of whatever they could—far more than they could afford!— 4 pleading for the privilege of helping out in the relief of poor Christians.
God makes special promises to the generous!
Proverbs 11:25 (NLT)
The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
1 Timothy 6:17-19 (MSG)
Tell those rich in this world’s wealth … 18 to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. 19 If they do that, they’ll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.
Generosity changes us and others!