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Hebrews 13:5 “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’.” Contentment, such a hard pill to swallow at times. Especially for me as I write this out and study more on it. The verse tell us to be without covetousness, which simply means to desire something strongly to the point where it controls your thoughts and actions to move and do things outside of the will of God.. Whoa, right off the bat I have to step back and repent because there are so many things that I personally have a strong desire and want for that has caused me to chase things I knew were not God. This scripture is saying not to conduct ourselves with those desires. Meaning not to let those desire determine how we go about our daily lives. Instead, it is saying to be content with what we have. To be in a state of peace even when we are in a place of lack because, as scripture says God will never leave nor fors...

Proverbs 16:9 “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” Purpose is what drives you, it’s why you’re here. The reason that a person, place or thing is made. So what does this verse have to do with purpose? Well if you look up to verse 4 it says “The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble” so this lets me know that we all have a purpose. More importantly, though, it lets me know that God is the author of this purpose; not what I like or what I think that I should be doing but simply what God created me to be. Okay, so we see that we have a purpose and that we don’t give ourselves a purpose, but we find that true purpose in God. So how do you go about finding that? Well, that's where our focal verse comes into play. In the first part of the verse, we see that a man plans his ways. This can be good or bad because a heart that is submitted to Christ will plan according to what God will ask and require of a...