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Being Content

 

Today’s Reflection

Part of planning one’s finances better involves the inner journey whereby we have to ask ourselves some very pointed questions: “What do I chase after?” “What dominates my thinking?” “What causes my greatest fear and anxiety?”

—Wessel Bentley, Facing Financial Struggle: 28 Days of Prayer (Upper Room Books, 2010)

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Today’s Question

How can you practice contentment today? Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment.
—1 Timothy 6:6 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

God of abundance, you provide us with so many good things. Let us be good stewards of our resources so that we can not only have a taste of your abundance, but share it with others. Amen.
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Lectionary Readings

  • Genesis 45:1-15
  • Psalm 133
  • Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
  • Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28

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