Pathway for Contentment (Message Listener Guide)

Discontentment—A Murmuring Heart

1. Its Characteristics

2. Its “Causes”

3. Its Consequences

Contentment—An Alternative to a Murmuring Heart

Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition. ~Jeremiah Burroughs

Characteristics of a Contented Heart

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Lord, I would clasp Thy hand in mine, Nor ever murmur nor repine, Content, whatever lot I see, Since ‘tis Thy hand that leadeth me. ~ Joseph Gilmore