Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Satisfaction
AND
TN204
Copyright 2008 Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored electronically, sold, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written
consent of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc.
CONTENTMENT AND
SATISFACTION
Realistic Expectations
I.
2.
B.
C.
2.
3.
Isaiah 40:31 They that wait expect the Lord shall renew their
strength.
D.
2.
II.
B.
2.
4.
Prop: Flashlight
C.
III.
Deuteronomy 8:1-20 Enjoy what God gives you, but dont let your
hope be in anything but Him.
1.
2.
I John 2:15-17 The world passes away but people who do the will of
God abide forever!
1.
2.
3.
Red Dress
B.
C.
D.
1.
2.
1.
John 16:33
2.
IV.
I Peter 4:12
B.
2.
2.
3.
4.
6.
7.
b.
These things did not devastate Jesus and divert Him from His purpose because
His hope was not in people.
C.
Be more concerned about what you can do for people than what they
can do for you.
Expect God to take care of you and He will surprise you and do more
than you can image.
V.
You may press toward the mark of perfection but you have not arrived.
1.
B.
C.
Close:
Philippians 3:12-14
Hebrews 4:15-16
Hebrews 12:27-28 God shakes all that can be shaken until our trust is
totally in His unshakable Kingdom.
PERSONAL NOTES
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
PERSONAL NOTES
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Consistently Content
Foundation Scripture: I Timothy 6:6 Godliness accompanied with contentment is
great and abundant gain.
I.
Content (defined) Satisfied to the point where you are not disturbed
no matter what is going on!
1.
B.
Philippians 4:11-12
2.
Jealousy, envy
3.
C.
D.
Exodus 2:21 Moses was a prince over Egypt and because he tried to
help an oppressed man he finds himself in a desert, separated from all
the comforts of the palace and yet was content.
E.
1.
2.
F.
Ecclesiastes 6:7 Solomon observed that life under the sun left a
man laboring but never satisfied.
1.
II.
A humble attitude
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
2.
10
C.
3.
4.
5.
D.
b.
c.
11
III.
B.
I Timothy 6:6-10 You can desire things as long as you can also be
content without them.
1.
C.
Jude: 11 gives us an example of three men who were not satisfied with
what God had given them.
1.
D.
b.
c.
2.
3.
12
E.
F.
13
PERSONAL NOTES
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
15
PERSONAL NOTES
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
16
We want to know and understand things but God does things past
finding out.
1.
B.
C.
D.
2.
3.
Why do bad things happen to good people and good things happen to
bad people?
1.
2.
II.
Job 9:10-11
17
1.
B.
C.
2.
III.
3.
4.
b.
2.
18
B.
I Corinthians 2:2 Paul was a brilliant scholar who decided the only
thing worth knowing is Christ and Him crucified.
C.
D.
IV.
2.
Isaiah 55:8-9
Eternity
A.
B.
2.
C.
D.
19
PERSONAL NOTES
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
21
PERSONAL NOTES
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
22
Philippians 4:11-12 Satisfied to the point where you are not disturbed
no matter what your circumstances are
B.
2.
C.
D.
2.
3.
4.
5.
23
II.
Prop: Use a sandwich as an example. Fold bread around meat to get sandwich.
1.
B.
C.
D.
James 5:9 Dont complain about one another and bring judgment on
yourself!
1.
III.
Numbers 21:4-7 Their grumbling was sin and opened a door for
serpents.
B.
C.
24
D.
E.
IV.
Your work
2.
3.
2.
3.
B.
C.
2.
25
PERSONAL NOTES
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
27
PERSONAL NOTES
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
28