The Desire to Be Rich & the Key to Contentment

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Speaker: Rev. David Schuman

1 Timothy 6:6-10 (ESV)
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain, 7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. 8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

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1. The Warning: The desire to be rich leads to ruin.

2. The Antidote: Be Content.

3. The first key to contentment is to reorient our perspective to what is beyond this life.

4. The second key to contentment is to redefine our goal to be content with food and clothing.