{"id":4085,"date":"2026-07-07T08:25:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:29:23","slug":"a-prayer-for-contentment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/sw\/a-prayer-for-contentment-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer For Contentment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4085\" class=\"elementor elementor-4085\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e38b8c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e38b8c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f97edd9\" data-id=\"f97edd9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cad92b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cad92b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Prayer For Contentment<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e9635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1e9635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cTwo things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die): Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food allotted to me; Lest I be full and deny You, and say, \u2018Who is the Lord?\u2019 Or lest I be poor and steal, and profane the name of my God.\u201d<br \/><strong>Proverbs 30:7\u20139<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>We have seen that in his prayer Agur asked the Lord for two specific things: integrity and contentment. We have already looked at his desire for integrity; now let us consider the second part of his prayer\u2014his desire to be satisfied with what God provided for him. This is called contentment.<\/p><p>The Lord Jesus reminds us, \u201cFor where your treasure is, there your heart will be also\u201d (Matt. 6:21). The apostle Paul wrote, \u201cBut godliness with contentment is great gain \u2026 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil\u201d (1 Tim. 6:6, 10). These verses remind us where our priorities are to be placed.<\/p><p>There is nothing wrong with praying for our needs: \u201cGive us this day our daily bread \u2026 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one\u201d (Matt. 6:11, 13). But we are not to \u201cworry, saying, \u2018What shall we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we drink?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we wear?\u2019 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.\u00a0But\u00a0seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you\u201d (Matthew 6:31-33).<\/p><p>We see this contentment in the apostle Paul when he wrote, \u201cNot that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things, I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need\u201d (Philippians 4:11\u201312).<\/p><p>As followers of Jesus Christ, He wants us to trust Him for our every need, no matter how great or how small. We serve a great God who is able to \u201csupply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus\u201d (Philippians 4:19).<\/p><p>We live in a world that is discontent, and all the advertisements tell us that we should not be content either. But we need the attitude of Agur, who desired to be content with what the Lord provided.<\/p><p><strong>Anchor For Today<\/strong><br \/>May the Lord be our object, and may He help us to be content with His daily blessings toward us. 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