Philippians 4:11
I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Contentment is learned, not stumbled into. Paul learned it in prison, of all places. You can learn it where you are too.
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One passage each day, chosen to carry you back to stillness. Sit with it, pray it, return to it.
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Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Psalm 118:5
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted.
Psalm 146:7
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners.