LIFE GROUP QUESTIONS 6 • ENVY VS CONTENTMENT

1. Read Exodus 20:17 5. Pray After identifying areas of unhealthy and holy 2. John Piper said… discontentment take time to pray for each “Covetousness is desiring something so much other. Encouraging each other in responding that we lose our contentment in God.” to holy discontentment (if your group is large please divide into smaller groups to have 3. Dangers of Discontentment enough time to pray over each person) a. It’s a craving that is never satisfied, focusing on what we don’t have. It is a spiritual 6. Contentment Practices tapeworm. We are always restless and In the next week work on incorporating this hungry but we never know why. contentment practices into your daily life: b. It separates us from others: a. Practice celebrating others. Read James 4:1-3 b. Make a list of all that is good in your life. c. It separates us from God’s call on our lives: Take some time to stop and go below the Read 1 Timothy 6:6-10 surface. Try starting with the cross and all that means. “What do I have around me 4. Holy Discontentment that brings me life, that gives me joy, that Not all discontentment is bad. Some can brings peace?” motivate us to seek God and His Kingdom. c. Make a list of what you are desiring in a. Are you content with the level of presence of this season of your life. Go back over the God in your life? Are you content with the list and ask yourself: “Is this desire making quality of your marriage and relationships? me healthier?” “Is this desire improving my Are you content with your level of victory relationship with those I love?” over sin? d. Practice the pursuit of contentment. b. Share with your group the areas of your life Read Philippians 4:11-13 and Ecclesiastes where you have a holy discontentment. If 12:1. Plan to begin next week’s group by you don’t have holy discontentment, share sharing your experience of incorporating the areas that you would like to be contentment practices into your life. discontent with.

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