May 13: Cheerfulness and Contentment.
The Secret to True Happiness.
How I Praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again....Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.--Philippians 4:10-12, NLT
OH, THAT WE COULD BE SATISFIED with less heart longings, less striving for things difficult to obtain..., while that which God values above jewels, the meek and quiet spirit, is not cherished....It is better to endure cheerfully every inconvenience than to part with peace and contentment.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 622.
There are restless ones who, were they to go to a new place to live, would still be dissatisfied, because the spirit of disaffection is in their hearts, and a change of place does not bring a change of heart. They need to learn the lesson of contentment.--Fundamentals of Christian Education, 495.
Those who are drinking at the fountain of life will not, like the worldling, manifest a longing desire for change and pleasure. In their deportment and character will be seen the rest and peace and happiness that they have found in Jesus by daily laying their perplexities and burdens at His feet. They will show that there is contentment and even joy in the path of obedience and duty.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 432.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved,
he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
--James 1:12, NKJV
The Secret to True Happiness.
How I Praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again....Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.--Philippians 4:10-12, NLT
OH, THAT WE COULD BE SATISFIED with less heart longings, less striving for things difficult to obtain..., while that which God values above jewels, the meek and quiet spirit, is not cherished....It is better to endure cheerfully every inconvenience than to part with peace and contentment.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 622.
There are restless ones who, were they to go to a new place to live, would still be dissatisfied, because the spirit of disaffection is in their hearts, and a change of place does not bring a change of heart. They need to learn the lesson of contentment.--Fundamentals of Christian Education, 495.
Those who are drinking at the fountain of life will not, like the worldling, manifest a longing desire for change and pleasure. In their deportment and character will be seen the rest and peace and happiness that they have found in Jesus by daily laying their perplexities and burdens at His feet. They will show that there is contentment and even joy in the path of obedience and duty.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 432.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved,
he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
--James 1:12, NKJV
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