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The Secret is ...
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The Marshmallow Test
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The whole world lives in either one of two tents
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Content orDiscontent
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Paul
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I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned for me, but had no opportunity to show it.
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Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty.
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In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.
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learned to be contentThe word 'content' actually means 'contained'.
A description of the one whose resources are withinthem so that they do not have to depend on substitutes from outside of themselves.
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learned to be contentBeing 'Contained'
Women - A feeling of being held/ secure Men - A feeling of being completely adequate to
the task
Why Women Talk and Men Walk: How to Improve Your Relationship Without Discussing It. Patricia Love; Steven Stosny
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I have learned the secretMueo means to learn the secret of something throughpersonal experience or as the result of initiation.
Signifies the learning of something with preparatory toiland discipline
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The Secret of Success
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The Secret of Success
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Everyone wants the secret, but no one wants the suffering.
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I’ve worked much harder, been jailed more often, beaten up more times than I can count, and at death’s door time after time. I’ve been flogged five times with the Jews’ thirty-nine lashes, beaten by Roman rods three times, pummeled with rocks once.
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I’ve been shipwrecked three times, and immersed in the open sea for a night and a day. In hard traveling year in and year out, I’ve had to ford rivers, fend off robbers, struggle with friends, struggle with foes.
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I’ve been at risk in the city, at risk in the country, endangered by desert sun and sea storm, and betrayed by those I thought were my brothers. I’ve known drudgery and hard labor, many a long and lonely night without sleep, many a missed meal, blasted by the cold, naked to the weather.
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And that’s not the half of it, when you throw in the daily pressures and anxieties of all the churches. When someone gets to the end of his rope, I feel the desperation in my bones. When someone is duped into sin, an angry fire burns in my gut. 2 Corinthians 11: 23-29
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Everyone wants the secret, but no one wants the suffering.
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who strengthens me.
"to put power in" (like a car needs gas for power) and so to make strong, vigorous, to strengthen, or to be strengthened, enabled or empowered inwardly.
refers to spiritual or moral strengthening
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The secret of contentment is not found in a 'what' but in a 'who'
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Some sources of contentment and significance
My childrens success Possessions 'Big' people's approval Religous performance Athletic sporting ability Glory moments/ memories
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Some sources of contentment and significance
Belonging to the culture, club or gang and gainnig status from it
Feeling needed Body image Important persons love/ loyalty Power over another/ subjugation of others
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Some sources of contentment and significance Intellectual performance Career status/ promotion My uniqueness/ individuality
What will happen when it fails you? Which of these will live on for you past your last
heartbeat?
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The only true eternal source of contentment and significance is the presence of Jesus Christ in me.
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Time to get the marshmallows out of our life and fill it with
rock.
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“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living.
They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. “These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner
improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life
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Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house.
It was fixed to the rock.
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“But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach.
When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards.” Matthew 7: 24 -27
“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life
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I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:10-13
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The secret to contentment is to be filled with Christ
and it is learned through the struggles of life
“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life
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Barry Pearman
about.me: Barry Pearman
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @barrypearman
Website: Connection NZ - Connecting you with others through Social Media
Website: Turning the Page - Inspiring Mental Health“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life