Contentment – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Contentment Brings Joy

Contentment, contrast, Joy

You Can’t Take It with You, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and was made into a movie by Frank Capra in 1938,…

Faith in the Giver

Contentment, Hardship, Prosperity Gospel, Security, Trust

The “Cut the Flour” challenge is a fun challenge made popular by social media.In this clip, the two players are vying for a $100…

Be Content In Every Situation

Contentment, Dependence On God, Relationship with God, Trust, Trusting God

If you ever babysit someone’s kids or your own siblings, pay attention to their attitude about possessions. When they find a toy they like…

Ten Things I Love about You

Contentment, Friendship, Happiness, Joy, Perspective

Sometimes it can be hard to focus on what is true in a world of lies, or to find what is just when there…

Living in the Present

Contentment, Happiness, Joy, Life, Perspective, Time

The film About Time starts as a science-fiction story about a time traveler. In the end, the main character has learned how to live…

Rejoicing In God

Contentment, Faith, Joy, Rejoice, Rejoicing

When we learn how to rejoice in God regularly, it prepares us to be content during the worst times. A seminary professor had a…

The True Meaning of Contentment

Contentment, Gratitude, John Wesley, Thankfulness, Thanking God

When theologian John Wesley attended Oxford University at age twenty-one, he was a privileged young man, with wealth, intelligence, looks. One night, he met…

God’s Good Gift

Contentment, Gifts, Satisfaction, Satisfied In Christ, Worship

Often we pine for gifts that end up disappointing us. This list compiles some of the most disappointing gifts of all time: https://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/the-best-worst-christmas-gifts-we-ever-got/. Unlike these,…

A Picture Of Contentment

Contentment, Psalms, Rest, Resting in God

Being content in the Lord is like learning to rest at the summit of a mountain climb. You have labored to get where you…

Someone To Love

Contentment, Loneliness, Love, Relationship with God, Satisfaction

American pop band Fountains of Wayne has a song called “Someone to Love” that tells a story a lot of people today can identify…

Focusing on the Blessings

Commandments, Contentment, Discontentment, Ten Commandments

Discontentment is a feeling that can hold us captive for our entire lives. We can constantly be chasing after “the next big thing,” thinking…

True Treasure

Contentment, Kingdom of God, Riches, Treasure, Wealth

Hollywood comedy filmmaker Tom Shadyac was just stepping into his moneymaking prime in the early 2000s when he began having a nagging feeling of…

Serenity Now!

Confidence, Contentment, Peace

In a Seinfeld episode, Kramer adopts the mantra “Serenity now!” to calm himself down. Things come to a head when some children in the…

Pilgrim For A Day

Contentment, Gratitude, Joy, Perspective, Thankfulness, Thanks, Thanksgiving

A. J. Jacobs, a New York Times bestselling author, is known for his unconventional experiments. In the early 2000s, he spent 18 months learning…

Your Wonderful Life

1 Thessalonians 5:18, 1 Timothy 6:6, 1 Timothy 6:6-8, Contentment, Ephesians 5:20, Focus, Gifts, Gratitude, Life, Matthew 6:33, Philippians 4:11-12, Psalm 106:1, Thankfulness, Thanking God

At the end of the classic Christmas film, It’s a Wonderful Life, the main character, George, realizes that his dreams of living a different life…

We Have Jesus

1 John 5:4, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Contentment, Ephesians 3:16-17, Faith, Happiness, Joy, Loss, Pain, Presence, Romans 15:13, Romans 5:3-5, Suffering, Trials, Trusting God

“You don’t really know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.”- Timothy Keller, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering When…

Not the Answer

Contentment, Fame, Fleeting Glory, God's Glory, Good Gifts, Happiness, Hebrews 13:5, Hope, Idolatry, Kingship, Luke 12:15, Matthew 6:25-26, Philippians 4:11-13, Psalm 3:2-6, Thirst

“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”…