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Kevin / March 14, 2016

A Prayer for Contentment

A Prayer for Contentment - Christian Contentment

Oh Lord, You are my shepherd and I should not be in want,
but so often I struggle to be content and do want;
forgetting that you have graciously provided me with every spiritual blessing in Christ
and everything I need for life and godliness.

Thank you for often not giving me what I want
because my desires would draw my heart from being satisfied in You.
Help me to be content in You with what You have given me
and to not be focused on what my flesh wants or the world tells me I should have.

Protect me from coveting possessions or people,
talent or influence, relationships or prestige.
Keep my heart from being anxious for what I don’t have
and make me thankful for the numerous gifts that You have already given.

According to Your Word and steadfast love,
fill me with the joy and satisfaction of contentment in Christ.
Help me learn to be content in any situation like Paul
and to quickly reject the idolatry that dwells beneath the surface of my coveting.

I ask you to continually bring to mind your faithful provision for all of my needs,
that Christ died for the sin of coveting,
that in Christ I am free to be content and live righteously,
and that godliness with contentment is greater gain than pleasing my flesh.

And may I be humbled and changed by the ultimate example of contentment;
of Christ becoming poor in order that I could become rich,
and being content to go to the cross to fulfill the Father’s will
to rescue a people for Himself who can be free from discontent and zealous for good works.


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  1. Bill Pence says

    March 15, 2016 at 5:06 am

    Wonderful prayer, Kevin, I’ve been studying/reading a lot on contentment recently (issue of Tabletalk dedicated to the subject, for example), and recently read the Valley of Vision prayer on contentment. Praying for you, your mom and family during this time my friend.

  2. Daniel J Evers says

    April 2, 2016 at 2:39 am

    Thanks for the reminder that we’re to be content in whatever circumstances we find ourselves in.

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