Hope you find this list encouraging. I’ve been thinking I need to re-read Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, and this definitely confirms it. I needed to read this list again!
I recently finished reading Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs. It’s an excellent book, though a little difficult to read due to the cramped printing (though it only comes to 99 pages because of it). Burroughs provides the Christian absolutely no excuse for not being content in Christ. To give you a little bit of flavor, I’ll list his 12 points on how to become content, found in the last chapter of the book. And this is only one chapter! I highly suggest you read it for yourself, with highlighter in hand to help find the main points.
1. The change has to come first on the inside.
2. Don’t be more involved in worldly things than you have to.
3. Make sure that you are where you are supposed to be.
4. Make it a habit of doing what you have been called to do.
5. Exercise faith!
6. Seek to be spiritually minded.
7. Don’t daydream of great things in your future.
8. Moritify your hearts to the world.
9. Don’t think too much on your afflictions.
10. Always assume God has the best of intentions for you.
11. Don’t conform your thoughts of what is right and good to what others think is right and good.
12. Don’t get caught up with the comforts of the world when you have them.
Originally posted 7-20-2007







