Contentment Can Be

Richness

Happiness

Great gain

An attitude

Fewer wants

Not craving

Acquiescence

Being at ease

Being pleased

Having enough

A divine thing

The new nature

Wanting little

Not complacency

The true riches

A rich treasure

Being satisfied

A habitual thing

The highest good

A continual feast

Having everything

A spiritual thing

An intrinsic thing

The greatest wealth

The wealth of nature

Not having everything

A spiritual attainment

A fruit of divine grace

Having food and raiment

An inexhaustible treasure

What our heart wishes for

Being without covetousness

Having God for our treasure

Being rich with little store

One of the flowers of heaven

The opposite of covetousness

A settled temper of the heart

Having accepted our situation

The apprehension of God’s love

A work of the Spirit ‘indoors’

The best antidote for coveting

The opposite of discontentment

One of God’s greatest blessings

Self-sufficiency or independence

Being ok with the state we are in

Not craving what we don’t possess

Satisfaction with inner resources

Having little, and seeking no more

The best antidote against coveting

What happiness actually consists in

Realizing that God has met our needs

The habit and complexion in our soul

The highest attainment in philosophy

The opposite of leanness of the soul

The opposite of spiritual barrenness

An embracing of the providence of God

Enjoying the scenery along the detour

Independence of outward circumstances

The product of a heart resting in God

Stinglessness of outward afflictions

A state of happiness and satisfaction

Being satisfied with everything we have

Appreciating all there is in our position

A steadfast faith in the providence of God

The best means to prevent ambitious desires

Not how much we have, but how much we enjoy

Not self-sufficiency but Christ-sufficiency

Music within when there is a tempest without

A milder and more tentative form of happiness

Being at ease in our situation, body and mind

The duty, glory and excellence of a Christian

Stinglessness of the heart when we are stung

Not something that results from purchasing power

The greatest blessing we can enjoy in this world

Not being tossed around by changing circumstances

A resting or satisfaction of mind without disquiet

A state of heart rather than a statement of account

Wanting what we have, not having everything we want

Knowing how to live quietly at home in our own rooms

Not having our barrels filled, but our minds quieted

When our having and our wanting are at the same level

Not complacency, nor a false peace based on ignorance

Rest or quietness of the mind in the present condition

More a matter of our perspective than of our circumstances

Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us

Not a stoical indifference to or contempt for material needs

One of the constituent elements of earthly life and happiness

Not getting what we want but being satisfied with what we have

The power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it

True satisfaction in our soul when Jesus is our sole satisfaction

Taking as much pleasure in a big house as we would in a little one

Being happy with what we have and are, and being generous with both

A state of a believer's heart rather than a statement of bank account

Not in the largeness of our possessions, but the fewness of our wants

Being happy with what we have, rather than achieving our larger ambitions

An inner sufficiency that keeps us at peace in spite of outward circumstances

Internal satisfaction which does not demand changes in external circumstances

Never the result of multiplying riches, increasing pleasures, or gaining fame

To live securely and cheerfully upon God in the abatement of creature supplies

A fruit that grows not in the garden of philosophy, but is of an heavenly birth

Bringing our mind to our condition if we cannot bring our condition to our mind

When there is an evenness and proportion between our hearts and our circumstances

A slip taken off from the tree of life, and planted by the Spirit of God in the soul

Not grieving for the things which we have not, but rejoicing for those which we have

Not the fulfillment of what we want, but the realization of how much we already have

Realizing that God has already given us everything we need for our present happiness

When we know that God has promised to be with us in all circumstances and at all times

Not a natural attainment but a supernatural gift from our heavenly Father to His children

The direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord, at His disposal

Not escape from the battle, but an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle

Having our focus on the kingdom of God and serving Him, not on the love of money and things

When we truly embrace the fact that we have Jesus, Who is forever enough and forever with us

Being always ok with what happens, knowing that what God chooses is better than what we choose

First delighting ourselves in God, then our desires being in line with what He desires to give us

A sweet temper of spirit, whereby a Christian carries himself in an equal poise in every condition

Maintaining a spiritual equilibrium in the midst of favorable as well as unfavorable circumstances

Not adding more fuel, but taking away some fire, not multiplying wealth, but subtracting our desires

A box of precious ointment, very comforting and useful for troubled hearts in times of troubled conditions

Having the right priority - godliness, not gain, and the right perspective - the eternal, not the temporal

Understanding that if we are not satisfied with what we have, we will never be satisfied with what we want

Dwelling with blessed anticipations on our eternal rest, becoming indifferent to the accommodations of the way

Being content with whatever life brings us, and learning to rejoice in the simple and beautiful things around us

Trusting that whatever happens in our life is filtered through the omnipotent, omniscient, loving fingers of our Father

The blessed assurance that God does all things well and is, even now, making all things work together for our ultimate good

When sorrow forgets its cares, and misery its misfortunes, when peace and gladness spring up upon the radiant wings of hope

Not being content with unsatisfactory conditions, but because of our personal relationship with Christ being content in them

An inner sense of rest or peace that comes from being right with God and knowing that He is in control of all that happens to us

Knowing that the only worthwhile and satisfying life is to be a means, however humble, to God's chief end his own glory and praise

Not simply "letting go and letting God" - our part, our responsibility is to "do", while God's provision is the supernatural enablement

Self-sufficiency because our sufficiency is rooted and grounded in God’s all-sufficiency and rests with assurance upon God’s providential care

That sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition

Satisfaction which holds the mind in peace, restraining complaint, opposition, or further desire, and often implying a moderate degree of happiness

To be captivated by Christ - as the Sovereign to whom we submit, as the Savior whom we serve, as the Sufficient One whom we trust in every situation

The acceptance of things as they are as the wise and loving providence of a God who knows what is good for us, who so loves us as always to seek our good