Status Updates From Contentment: Seeing God's G...

"[W]e face circumstances that frustrate our expectations of what life should be like. Once it takes hold of our hearts, discontent quickly leads to other sins. Because we fundamentally distrust what God is doing in and for us, our hearts give way to worry. Every new circumstance feels surprising and potentially harmful....We do not believe that God is caring for us...."

" The goal of your time in God's word should always be worship. As you grow in your affections for Christ, the King, you put to death your disorder desires and ungrateful attitudes. The power of a greater affection for Christ can transform your soul." -Deepak Reju, editor

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Great devotional for the month of November to cultivate contentment and gratitude.

“Everything that happens in your life, then, is designed by God to make you more like Christ. The trials of your life, as well as the blessings, are God’s carefully calibrated tools to accomplish his work in you” (p 41).