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Writer's pictureJoni

Enough


ONCE UPON A TIME . . .

"A king was suffering from a painful ailment &

was told that the only cure for him was to find a contented man,

get his shirt, & wear it night and day. So messengers were sent through the

king's realm in search of such a man, with orders to bring back his shirt.

Months passed.

After a thorough search of the country, the messengers returned without the shirt. "Did you find a contented man in all my realm?' the king asked

"Yes, O King, we found one, just one in all the realm."

"Then why did you not bring back his shirt?" the king demanded. "Master, the man had no shirt." (Calm My Anxious Heart, Linda Dillow)

PUT ME IN HIS STORY

Not in the King's Story

but

the man who had no shirt's story,

the most contented man in the kingdom.

CONTENTMENT~

The man who had no shirt.

CONTENTMENT~

The you who has no ___________.

Are you content without having that certain something or that certain someone?

What is that certain something or that certain someone

that you are waiting to have before you can be content?

Oh how my eyes can move so quickly from what I do have

to what I don't have

when I am depending on

the somethings

&

the someones

for

CONTENTMENT.

CONTENTMENT~

The man who had no shirt.

I wonder,

what did the man have?

Was he

"Joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer" (Romans 12:12)

Did he

"Cast all his anxiety on HIM because he knew JESUS cared for him" (I Peter 5:7)

Did he

"Seek first HIS kingdom and HIS righteousness" (Matthew 6:33)

Did he learn the secret from Paul~

"to be content whatever the circumstances" (Philippians 4:11).

The man who had no shirt~

the me & the you

who has no _________

but has learned

to be content whatever the circumstances.

PUT ME IN HIS STORY~

I,________, (PUT your name)

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

Whether I have a shirt or not

because

I,________, can do all this through HIM who gives me strength.

(Philippians 4:11-13)

CONTENTMENT~

The man who had no shirt.

The you & the me

who has no _________

but has

Plenty

because

we

PUT HIM IN OUR STORY~

And

____________

lived

HAPPILY EVER AFTER.


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