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Wandering in the Land of Discontent

              Week 6

September 25, 2016 Carl Schneider, Senior Pastor

Numbers 11:1-3 (NIV) — 1 Now the people complained
about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and
when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire
from the Lord burned among them and consumed some
of the outskirts of the camp. 2 When the people cried
out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died
down. 3 So that place was called Taberah, because fire
from the Lord had burned among them.

The people____ to Moses

The LORD'S____ is aroused.

THE LORD sends them a "______"

The people respond with ______ hearts

The LORD provides a_____

Would life have been better for them, could they have
_______ the "wandering in the wilderness" and

gone to the place of God’s blessing IF they had simply
______ and_____ in faith and  obedience?

Everyone struggles with ______    

Are you wandering in the wilderness of discontent right
now?

Why do we often struggle to be content? How do we stop
wandering in the wilderness of discontentment and enter
the promised land of contentment, the place of God’s
blessing?

Contentment is not about how much you do or don’t

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstanc-
es. ¹²1 know what it is to be in need, and I know what it
is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being con-
tent in any and every situation, whether well fed or hun-
gry, whether living in plenty or in want.¹³1 can do all this
through him who gives me strength. Php 4:11-13

Contentment is ”l______”

Contentment is a _____ that comes from God.

Contentment comes from the ______ God gives.

Contentment flows out of our ______ in God.

How can we stop wandering in the wilderness of discontent?

1 Timothy 6:6-8 (NIV) — 6 But godliness with contentment
is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and
we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and
clothing, we will be content with that.

First, Stop looking for contentment in the ______ .

Hebrews 13:5 (NIV) — 5 Keep your lives free from the love of
money and be content with what you have, because God has
said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

Head for___ .

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 (NIV)

Your______ is Christ.

Galatians 2:19-21¹⁹ "For through the law I died to the law so
that I might live for God.²⁰1 have been crucified with Christ
and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live
in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me
and gave himself for me

We head to the promised land of contentment when ...

we_____ by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7(ESV)