{"id":409,"date":"2009-05-12T07:29:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T12:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/one-church.net\/wordpress\/?p=409"},"modified":"2009-05-12T07:29:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T12:29:59","slug":"contentment-is-so-frustrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/12\/contentment-is-so-frustrating\/","title":{"rendered":"Contentment is so frustrating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I had the privilege of speaking to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hutchchallenge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Challenge<\/a>, the college aged ministry meeting here in the Hutchinson area.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke on the issue of contentment, and as weird as it sounds&#8230; I have been totally fired up about contentment! This spring I have spoken at half a dozen schools and colleges and have talked about contentment almost every time (even at our own SURGE Bible Study once). But, last night I finally got it on video.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoy! (BTW&#8230; if you &#8216;right click&#8217; the video you can ZOOM and watch it full screen if you&#8217;d like. A new feature on our new site!)<\/p>\n<p><em>PS- Don&#8217;f forget to subscribe to CrossEyedLife if you haven&#8217;t already done it. It&#8217;s free, easy and no hassle. See the widget on the top right of this page!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><em><\/em><sup><span lang=\"en-us\">10 <\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-us\">I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-us\">11 <\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-us\">I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-us\">12 <\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-us\">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. <\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-us\">13 <\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-us\">I can do everything through him who gives me strength. <\/span><a style=\"mso-footnote-id: ftn1;\" name=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.one-church.net\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/#_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"mso-element: footnote-list;\">\n<div id=\"ftn1\" style=\"mso-element: footnote;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0in;\"><a style=\"mso-footnote-id: ftn1;\" name=\"_ftn1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.one-church.net\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/#_ftnref1\"><\/a><span id=\"__spanCitationData\"><em>The Holy Bible : New International Version<\/em>. 1996, c1984 (electronic ed.) (Php 4:10-13). Grand Rapids: Zondervan.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I had the privilege of speaking to Christian Challenge, the college aged ministry meeting here in the Hutchinson area.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke on the issue of contentment, and as weird as it sounds&#8230; I have been totally fired up about contentment! This spring I have spoken at half a dozen schools and colleges and have talked about contentment almost every time (even at our own SURGE Bible Study once). But, last night I finally got it on video.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15,21,22,53,57,60,482,79,81],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1041,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/1041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crosseyedlife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}