Do you practice religion?
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What is religion but the belief that there is a God who is truly powerful over all?
Perhaps many of us have encountered a religious person or someone who calls himself religious but whose life is broken, useless, meaningless, and full of pain and suffering, devoid of hope, devoid of joy. How come?
“6 Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.”
https://bible.com/bible/3034/1ti.6.6-8.BSB
1 Timothy 6:6â€-‬8 BSB
1 Timothy 6:6-8 shows us that if a person can be content, then his religion is beneficial.
But how do I find contentment?
How can I be happy and find contentment in the things I think about? What is real contentment?
If anyone knows how to be grateful and be happy that s/he has food to eat and clothes to wear, then religion is of benefit to that person.
Each of us was born with nothing, and in our death, we’ll take nothing with us either.
If, by the grace of God, I will live by the teachings of the God I believe in, then I can live with thankfulness and be content each day.
Great Father, please open my eyes and my mind to learn and live with contentment. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. Teach me to be thankful for the little things, to be faithful in the little things, so that when the time comes and You be willing to entrust me with bigger things in my family, school, and livelihood, Your Name will be glorified in my life, in the lives of my loved ones, and the people I meet each day. To You alone, Father God, be all praise and worship! This is my prayer and petition in the name of Your Son Jesus, my Lord and Savior.
ancore! 