Sermon Notes
The Secret of Being Content
PHILIPPIANS – Part 13
July 5, 2026
10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:10-13
OBSERVATION
EXPOSITION
1. Paul’s Joy
2. Paul’s Contentment
- Contentment is unconnected to our circumstances
- Contentment is learned
11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. 12 We work
hard with our own hands.
1 Corinthians 4:11-12
4…as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5
in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;
2 Corinthians 6:4-5
25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night
and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from
bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in
danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I
have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
2 Corinthians 11:25-27
- Contentment flows from reliance and relationship with Jesus
APPLICATION
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13
So do not fear, for I am
with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10