July 1, 2025 • 17 mins
In a culture that constantly tells us we need more to be happy, it’s easy to fall into the trap of comparison and discontent. In this episode, Ralph explores how chasing after “more” often leads to debt, discouragement, and a never-ending finish line that keeps moving just out of reach. But Scripture offers a better way—one that helps us cultivate contentment in a world that says “never enough.”
Check out the full podcast episode here
You’ll learn how gratitude, resisting comparison, and anchoring your peace in God’s provision can shift your mindset from scarcity to sufficiency. Plus, Ralph shares practical steps like the “gratitude pause” and a simple comparison filter to help you find joy in what you already have and break free from the stress of always wanting more.
Chapters:
- 00:10 - The Pursuit of Contentment
- 00:54 - Finding Financial Freedom Through Intentional Living
- 05:39 - Cultivating Contentment in a Discontented World
- 06:32 - The Gratitude Pause
- 10:40 - Cultivating Gratitude and Managing Comparison Triggers
- 13:07 - The Power of Gratitude in Financial Freedom
Takeaways:
- In a world that screams 'more', finding true peace means embracing contentment instead.
- Comparison is a sneaky thief that steals our joy and makes us feel inadequate.
- Practicing gratitude is like spiritual cardio; it builds a stronger mindset against discontent.
- Contentment is a discipline that can seriously reduce your financial stress and anxiety.
- We need to filter out the noise that makes us feel we need more to be happy.
- Living intentionally means trusting in God's provision and being grateful for what you already have.
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Episode Transcript
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Ralph (00:00):
Let me ask you something.
Does it always feel like everyonearound you is always chasing that
next big thing, that new car, thatbigger house, that latest gadget?
Maybe it's you doing the chasing too,but if you're constantly feeling like you
need more and that chase is draining yourpeace and it's also draining your wallet,
what if the answer isn't more stuff?
(00:23):
Deep contentment.
Well stick with me today 'cause we'regonna break down how to find peace.
Hey there.
Welcome back to your Daily,financially Confident Christian.
(00:44):
I'm Ralph and I'm so glad you choseto join me today as we continue
to answer that big question.
How can I become a financiallyconfident Christian?
And we're building a foundationin our new series that we started
a couple days ago called Beyondthe Budget, finding Financial
Freedom Through Intentional Living.
We're talking all about howto live intentionally and
(01:06):
find that financial freedom.
And yesterday we talked abouthow intentional living is about
purpose and not deprivation.
I hope you checked it out.
If you didn't, I'm gonna encourageyou to go listen to that again.
Because I really nailed it yesterdayabout how living intentionally
is not about deprivation.
Today I want to go and talk aboutsomething even deeper, and that's how can
(01:26):
you cultivate true contentment in thisworld that just says More, more, more.
And you know exactlywhat I'm talking about.
' cause maybe as you listen tothis, right now, you're feeling
that pressure to keep up.
You look around and you see others.
You see your neighbor just gotthat new fancy car, or maybe your
friend just bought a brand new houseand you were over to their house.
(01:46):
Oh, well this house is beautiful.
Or maybe at work you see somebody'sgot the latest gadget and you, I
gotta have that gadget, and thensuddenly you're thinking, what
I have just feels inadequate.
What I'm really talking abouthere is that not enough mindset.
It's easy to fall into that trap.
Listen, I've been therecomparing myself to the neighbor,
(02:08):
comparing myself to the friend.
Don't even talk about social media.
Go on social media.
Look at the highlight reel thereand see that not enough mindset that
just leads us to these impulse buys.
Oh, I gotta have this.
Oh, I gotta have the new car.
I'm thought about how you're gonnapay for it, which leads us to debt.
And you've been working hard topay off your debt, and you just,
(02:29):
I gotta have this new thing.
So you just build up the debt.
Again, all of that just leads usto this square piece of stress.
And if you're honest withyourself, you keep chasing,
but you never feel satisfied.
You know why?
Because that more, that, morethat, more that, more, that
(02:49):
finish line just keeps moving.
It just keeps going farther ahead becausethere's another more in front of that.
And when that finish line keeps moving,it just robs you of the present joy
that you could experience right now.
And in the long run, it justcompletely steals your financial peace.
Here's the thing, you gotta understand.
The world we live in says more is better.
(03:10):
Hey, you gotta have more.
You gotta have the biggest house,the nicest car, the best gadgets,
you name it, the best clothes.
These sneakers, you get the idealike that watch I had to have that
I talked about a few days ago.
The world said, Ralph, you need more.
You need better.
But God's word gives us a better truth.
Let's look in the Bible.
Let's look at the book of Hebrews.
And this comes to us fromchapter 13, verse five.
(03:32):
And I love this verse in the Biblebecause it really nails exactly
what I'm talking about today.
It says this, keep your livesfree from the love of money and
be content with what you have.
And it could have stoppedthere, but it continues.
And it said, because God hassaid, never will I leave you.
Never will I forsake you.
(03:54):
What is it telling us here?
Keep your lives freefrom the love of money.
Now, a lot of people take that andand go different direction about that.
I've talked about that on the show.
Encourage you to go check outthose episodes, but bigger than
that, the next couple words, andbe content with what you have.
And then I love the ending tothis because think about what
this verse is actually saying.
(04:15):
Be content with what you havebecause God has said, and here's,
here's what you really have.
Here's the contentment.
God will never leave you,nor will he forsake you.
See, contentment is not resignation.
Well, you know, I'm just gonna becontent and I'm gonna do what Ralph said.
I'm just gonna live a dull, boringlife, and I'm not gonna have the new
stuff, and I'm not gonna have the,that's not what I'm saying at all.
(04:36):
It's not resignation.
Instead, it's turning thetables and it's choose to live
with an intentional mindset.
Because what you're really doing thereis you're trusting God's provision today,
and you're anchoring your peace in him.
You're anchoring your peace in theperson who said, never will I leave you.
Never will I forsake you.
(04:58):
That finish line's not moving my friend.
It's right there where it'sbeen from the beginning.
You're trusting in God's provisiontoday, and you're anchoring your
peace in him, not your possessions.
If you're wondering how you break thatpower break that power of that more
and more and more, it's how you do it.
' cause here's the big truth.
(05:18):
Contentment is a spiritual disciplinethat reduces financial stress.
I wanna say that again because it's soimportant that you hear that right now
where you are contentment is a spiritualdiscipline that reduces, I'm even
gonna say eliminates financial stress.
That sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
So now you're asking, what can we do?
(05:39):
How do we cultivate contentmentin a discontented world?
It's a really tough callbecause everything around you
is telling you get more, more.
I mean, listen.
Open up your email, open up yourphone, go online, do, and it's all
shouting to you more, more, more.
Well, here's my solution for today.
Practice conscious gratitudefor what you already have.
(06:03):
Then actively resist comparison.
I'm gonna say that again because I thinkit's so important that you hear it.
Practice conscious gratitudefor what you already have,
and then actively work at it.
Resist comparison.
It's training your heart to findsufficiency and joy right where you are.
What did the Bible say?
I'll never leave you nor forsake you.
(06:25):
You've already got it.
So here's my action step for you today.
I want you to take great time right now.
I want you to do what Icall the gratitude pause.
I want you to take five minutes.
Maybe you can't do it right now, butwhen you've got some quiet time, but
I wanna encourage you to do it today.
Just take five minutes and I justwant you to list three, four, or
five things that you're grateful for.
(06:46):
And these aren't some bigpie in the sky things.
I want you to be detailed, think small.
Maybe it's something likeyou're grateful for coffee.
I know that sounds silly.
You're grateful for shoes, you're gratefulfor hugs, or you're grateful for moments.
' cause what you're really doing is youhave a purposeful idea to shift your
heart from scarcity to abundance.
See, that's what we need to do.
We need to shift our hearts from thatfeeling of scarcity to abundance.
(07:11):
Here's some ideas.
Maybe you say, I'm grateful for the quietmorning I had before the kids woke up.
I've been there.
My kids are gone from the nestat this point, but I remember
those mornings all too well.
So I'm grateful for that quietmorning I had before the kids woke up.
Just me, my bible, maybe a cup of coffee.
Here's another one.
(07:31):
One of the listeners shared thiswith me a couple months back.
He said, Ralph, I'm grateful.
My car, it may not be fancy, butit starts every morning and it
gets me to where I need to go.
Hey, there's something to be grateful for.
It's not that flashy new sportscar that your neighbor has.
It's not fancy, but it starts everymorning and gets me where I need to go.
Or maybe this, I had a 20 minuteconversation with my teenager yesterday
(07:55):
and they actually opened up, Hey,that's something to be grateful for.
Teenager opening up to their parents.
I don't mind, we're struggling to do that.
Here's one a lot of peoplewon't even think about.
The shoes I wore today are over fiveyears old and still doing their job.
Listen, that's God'sprovision in your life.
And I don't mean to make lightof it, but think about that.
(08:17):
Or maybe this one.
I'm thankful for the encouragingtext A friend sent me out of nowhere.
I'm just gonna pause for a second.
Think about how impactful that can be.
If you have the ability to encouragesomeone today, do it ' cause
they're on the other side.
They're gonna be so thankful for that.
I want you to be specific.
(08:38):
You gotta be specific about thisbecause gratitude grows in the details.
You're not just thankful for,oh, I'm thankful for my family.
No, You're thankful for how your son madeyou laugh last night, or how your spouse
made your coffee just the way you like it.
Be specific because gratitudegrows in the details.
So that's the first thing.
Start that gratitude thing.
(08:58):
And then I want you to identifyone of your comparison triggers.
We're gonna really battle this.
We gotta understand what our triggers are.
Where do you feel the mostdiscontent, maybe for you?
It's on social media.
I see social media, Robin.
Everybody's got everything,and I don't have nothing.
Maybe it's in stores.
You walk through the target storeor whatever store you go to.
(09:19):
Walmart, I don't really care where it is.
And it just makes you, oh, Iwish I had that boy, I wish
I had the money to buy that.
Or maybe it's just certainconversations you get stuck in.
You've got to have a purpose of becomingaware of what stirs up discontent
or what stirs up envy in your life.
Here's some great examples of this.
(09:39):
I notice I feel less than every time Ipass a luxury vacation post on Instagram.
Every time I see one of those posts,I, I, oh, I just feel, I feel like I'm
less because I'm not on that vacation.
Or maybe I get frustrated aboutmy wardrobe after walking through
Target or scrolling on Amazon.
Maybe for you it's talking with acoworker just bought a new car and makes
(10:02):
me start to feel embarrassed about mine.
They're talking about, oh, I got thisfancy sports car and I'm thinking
about my Toyota out in the parking lot.
It gets me to where I'm going, bud.
It's certainly not fancy and it'scertainly not that flashy new sports car.
Maybe for you, it's when I hear someonetalk about paying off debt quickly.
'cause I'm not able to do that'cause I spiral into self-criticism
(10:23):
because I'm not doing that.
Maybe you, maybe for you it'sprinters used to inspire me.
Now it just makes you feellike my home isn't good enough.
Not spend a lot of time on Pinterestor our episodes are there, but it used
to inspire me, but now it just makesme feel like my home isn't good enough.
Ask yourself what places or people tendto shift your focus from that feeling of
(10:44):
gratitude to that feeling of grumbling.
Once you've identified, once youput those things in, implement
what I'll call a comparison filter.
Once you figure out those thingsthat are causing you to not feel
gratitude, limit your exposure tothem, unfollow those accounts, close
those shopping pads, redirect thatconversation, and then let list you
(11:08):
made, revisit that gratitude list.
Maybe you need to dothat every single day.
See, you've gotta proactivelyprotect your mindset and
proactively protect your heart.
Here's some great examples that Iunfollowed five influencers today.
It's probably a good start, and Irealized they were subtly making
me feel like I was always behind.
(11:29):
Here's another great one.
I closed out my online card.
I had $120 worth of things I didn't need.
Instead, I reread my gratitudelist and felt a shift.
Maybe next time someone brings up moneyor stuff that triggers me, I'm going
to change the subject or just silent,remind myself, Ralph, that's not my lane.
Or May, maybe I move the socialmedia off off my home screen.
(11:51):
Now I pause before openingit and sometimes guess what?
I just skip it.
And I absolutely love this one.
Every time I feel the itch to buysomething unnecessary, I take 60
seconds to list three blessings instead.
See, here's the truth.
Gratitude is the antidote to comparison.
And the goal isn't to shame yourself.
(12:12):
It's just not.
It's to really recenteryourself on what matters.
'cause here's why this works,'cause gratitude refocuses
you on God's blessings.
I will never leave you no forsake you.
That filtering, comparisonstops that not enough narrative.
You stop hearing that in the back ofyour head, and once you develop these
habits, they're gonna anchor you in peaceand they're gonna anchor you in purpose.
(12:36):
Well, how about we pray together today?
Father God, we just thankyou for all you've given us.
And Lord, we just confess thatoften we chase more and we
compare ourselves to others.
And Lord, we just ask that you wouldhelp us to live our lives free from
that love of money and cultivate deepcontentment in our hearts for the
things you've already give us, Lord.
And help us to truly see thetreasure, Lord, and the blessing
(12:59):
that you give us on a daily basis,and just be grateful for them.
And we ask this in confidence.
In Jesus name, Amen.
Listen.
Contentment is an active daily choicepractice gratitude filter comparison
because you're moving towards freedom.
And I just wanna encourage you,if this episode has impacted
(13:20):
you, I'm gonna encourage youto share it with somebody else.
We talked about that a little whileago, about that encouraging text.
I. Maybe you know somebody that'sstruggling with this, somebody who's
really batting that fear of not havingenough, and I just wanna encourage you
to share this episode with them andshow them that there is a purpose and
they can be grateful for what they have.
You can also visit ourwebsite@financiallyconfidentchristian.com,
(13:42):
where you can get a copy of mybook, it's called Mastering Your
Finances is absolutely free.
You can getthat@financiallyconfidentchristian.com
slash master.
I'm encourage you to get that.
Now, tomorrow we're gonnatalk about how gratitude can
radically shift your finances.
Yes, we're gonna talk about a radicalshift in your finances, so don't miss it.
And now I just wanna encourage you,let's go out there and be those
(14:05):
financially confident Christians.
You can do this.
I believe in you.
I want you to believe in yourselfand stay financially savvy.
God bless you and youhave a great day today.
Let me ask you something.
Does it always feel like everyonearound you is always chasing that
next big thing, that new car, thatbigger house, that latest gadget?
Maybe it's you doing the chasing too,but if you're constantly feeling like you
need more and that chase is draining yourpeace and it's also draining your wallet,
what if the answer isn't more stuff?
(00:23):
Deep contentment.
Well stick with me today 'cause we'regonna break down how to find peace.
Hey there.
Welcome back to your Daily,financially Confident Christian.
(00:44):
I'm Ralph and I'm so glad you choseto join me today as we continue
to answer that big question.
How can I become a financiallyconfident Christian?
And we're building a foundationin our new series that we started
a couple days ago called Beyondthe Budget, finding Financial
Freedom Through Intentional Living.
We're talking all about howto live intentionally and
(01:06):
find that financial freedom.
And yesterday we talked abouthow intentional living is about
purpose and not deprivation.
I hope you checked it out.
If you didn't, I'm gonna encourageyou to go listen to that again.
Because I really nailed it yesterdayabout how living intentionally
is not about deprivation.
Today I want to go and talk aboutsomething even deeper, and that's how can
(01:26):
you cultivate true contentment in thisworld that just says More, more, more.
And you know exactlywhat I'm talking about.
' cause maybe as you listen tothis, right now, you're feeling
that pressure to keep up.
You look around and you see others.
You see your neighbor just gotthat new fancy car, or maybe your
friend just bought a brand new houseand you were over to their house.
(01:46):
Oh, well this house is beautiful.
Or maybe at work you see somebody'sgot the latest gadget and you, I
gotta have that gadget, and thensuddenly you're thinking, what
I have just feels inadequate.
What I'm really talking abouthere is that not enough mindset.
It's easy to fall into that trap.
Listen, I've been therecomparing myself to the neighbor,
(02:08):
comparing myself to the friend.
Don't even talk about social media.
Go on social media.
Look at the highlight reel thereand see that not enough mindset that
just leads us to these impulse buys.
Oh, I gotta have this.
Oh, I gotta have the new car.
I'm thought about how you're gonnapay for it, which leads us to debt.
And you've been working hard topay off your debt, and you just,
(02:29):
I gotta have this new thing.
So you just build up the debt.
Again, all of that just leads usto this square piece of stress.
And if you're honest withyourself, you keep chasing,
but you never feel satisfied.
You know why?
Because that more, that, morethat, more that, more, that
(02:49):
finish line just keeps moving.
It just keeps going farther ahead becausethere's another more in front of that.
And when that finish line keeps moving,it just robs you of the present joy
that you could experience right now.
And in the long run, it justcompletely steals your financial peace.
Here's the thing, you gotta understand.
The world we live in says more is better.
(03:10):
Hey, you gotta have more.
You gotta have the biggest house,the nicest car, the best gadgets,
you name it, the best clothes.
These sneakers, you get the idealike that watch I had to have that
I talked about a few days ago.
The world said, Ralph, you need more.
You need better.
But God's word gives us a better truth.
Let's look in the Bible.
Let's look at the book of Hebrews.
And this comes to us fromchapter 13, verse five.
(03:32):
And I love this verse in the Biblebecause it really nails exactly
what I'm talking about today.
It says this, keep your livesfree from the love of money and
be content with what you have.
And it could have stoppedthere, but it continues.
And it said, because God hassaid, never will I leave you.
Never will I forsake you.
(03:54):
What is it telling us here?
Keep your lives freefrom the love of money.
Now, a lot of people take that andand go different direction about that.
I've talked about that on the show.
Encourage you to go check outthose episodes, but bigger than
that, the next couple words, andbe content with what you have.
And then I love the ending tothis because think about what
this verse is actually saying.
(04:15):
Be content with what you havebecause God has said, and here's,
here's what you really have.
Here's the contentment.
God will never leave you,nor will he forsake you.
See, contentment is not resignation.
Well, you know, I'm just gonna becontent and I'm gonna do what Ralph said.
I'm just gonna live a dull, boringlife, and I'm not gonna have the new
stuff, and I'm not gonna have the,that's not what I'm saying at all.
(04:36):
It's not resignation.
Instead, it's turning thetables and it's choose to live
with an intentional mindset.
Because what you're really doing thereis you're trusting God's provision today,
and you're anchoring your peace in him.
You're anchoring your peace in theperson who said, never will I leave you.
Never will I forsake you.
(04:58):
That finish line's not moving my friend.
It's right there where it'sbeen from the beginning.
You're trusting in God's provisiontoday, and you're anchoring your
peace in him, not your possessions.
If you're wondering how you break thatpower break that power of that more
and more and more, it's how you do it.
' cause here's the big truth.
(05:18):
Contentment is a spiritual disciplinethat reduces financial stress.
I wanna say that again because it's soimportant that you hear that right now
where you are contentment is a spiritualdiscipline that reduces, I'm even
gonna say eliminates financial stress.
That sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
So now you're asking, what can we do?
(05:39):
How do we cultivate contentmentin a discontented world?
It's a really tough callbecause everything around you
is telling you get more, more.
I mean, listen.
Open up your email, open up yourphone, go online, do, and it's all
shouting to you more, more, more.
Well, here's my solution for today.
Practice conscious gratitudefor what you already have.
(06:03):
Then actively resist comparison.
I'm gonna say that again because I thinkit's so important that you hear it.
Practice conscious gratitudefor what you already have,
and then actively work at it.
Resist comparison.
It's training your heart to findsufficiency and joy right where you are.
What did the Bible say?
I'll never leave you nor forsake you.
(06:25):
You've already got it.
So here's my action step for you today.
I want you to take great time right now.
I want you to do what Icall the gratitude pause.
I want you to take five minutes.
Maybe you can't do it right now, butwhen you've got some quiet time, but
I wanna encourage you to do it today.
Just take five minutes and I justwant you to list three, four, or
five things that you're grateful for.
(06:46):
And these aren't some bigpie in the sky things.
I want you to be detailed, think small.
Maybe it's something likeyou're grateful for coffee.
I know that sounds silly.
You're grateful for shoes, you're gratefulfor hugs, or you're grateful for moments.
' cause what you're really doing is youhave a purposeful idea to shift your
heart from scarcity to abundance.
See, that's what we need to do.
We need to shift our hearts from thatfeeling of scarcity to abundance.
(07:11):
Here's some ideas.
Maybe you say, I'm grateful for the quietmorning I had before the kids woke up.
I've been there.
My kids are gone from the nestat this point, but I remember
those mornings all too well.
So I'm grateful for that quietmorning I had before the kids woke up.
Just me, my bible, maybe a cup of coffee.
Here's another one.
(07:31):
One of the listeners shared thiswith me a couple months back.
He said, Ralph, I'm grateful.
My car, it may not be fancy, butit starts every morning and it
gets me to where I need to go.
Hey, there's something to be grateful for.
It's not that flashy new sportscar that your neighbor has.
It's not fancy, but it starts everymorning and gets me where I need to go.
Or maybe this, I had a 20 minuteconversation with my teenager yesterday
(07:55):
and they actually opened up, Hey,that's something to be grateful for.
Teenager opening up to their parents.
I don't mind, we're struggling to do that.
Here's one a lot of peoplewon't even think about.
The shoes I wore today are over fiveyears old and still doing their job.
Listen, that's God'sprovision in your life.
And I don't mean to make lightof it, but think about that.
(08:17):
Or maybe this one.
I'm thankful for the encouragingtext A friend sent me out of nowhere.
I'm just gonna pause for a second.
Think about how impactful that can be.
If you have the ability to encouragesomeone today, do it ' cause
they're on the other side.
They're gonna be so thankful for that.
I want you to be specific.
(08:38):
You gotta be specific about thisbecause gratitude grows in the details.
You're not just thankful for,oh, I'm thankful for my family.
No, You're thankful for how your son madeyou laugh last night, or how your spouse
made your coffee just the way you like it.
Be specific because gratitudegrows in the details.
So that's the first thing.
Start that gratitude thing.
(08:58):
And then I want you to identifyone of your comparison triggers.
We're gonna really battle this.
We gotta understand what our triggers are.
Where do you feel the mostdiscontent, maybe for you?
It's on social media.
I see social media, Robin.
Everybody's got everything,and I don't have nothing.
Maybe it's in stores.
You walk through the target storeor whatever store you go to.
(09:19):
Walmart, I don't really care where it is.
And it just makes you, oh, Iwish I had that boy, I wish
I had the money to buy that.
Or maybe it's just certainconversations you get stuck in.
You've got to have a purpose of becomingaware of what stirs up discontent
or what stirs up envy in your life.
Here's some great examples of this.
(09:39):
I notice I feel less than every time Ipass a luxury vacation post on Instagram.
Every time I see one of those posts,I, I, oh, I just feel, I feel like I'm
less because I'm not on that vacation.
Or maybe I get frustrated aboutmy wardrobe after walking through
Target or scrolling on Amazon.
Maybe for you it's talking with acoworker just bought a new car and makes
(10:02):
me start to feel embarrassed about mine.
They're talking about, oh, I got thisfancy sports car and I'm thinking
about my Toyota out in the parking lot.
It gets me to where I'm going, bud.
It's certainly not fancy and it'scertainly not that flashy new sports car.
Maybe for you, it's when I hear someonetalk about paying off debt quickly.
'cause I'm not able to do that'cause I spiral into self-criticism
(10:23):
because I'm not doing that.
Maybe you, maybe for you it'sprinters used to inspire me.
Now it just makes you feellike my home isn't good enough.
Not spend a lot of time on Pinterestor our episodes are there, but it used
to inspire me, but now it just makesme feel like my home isn't good enough.
Ask yourself what places or people tendto shift your focus from that feeling of
(10:44):
gratitude to that feeling of grumbling.
Once you've identified, once youput those things in, implement
what I'll call a comparison filter.
Once you figure out those thingsthat are causing you to not feel
gratitude, limit your exposure tothem, unfollow those accounts, close
those shopping pads, redirect thatconversation, and then let list you
(11:08):
made, revisit that gratitude list.
Maybe you need to dothat every single day.
See, you've gotta proactivelyprotect your mindset and
proactively protect your heart.
Here's some great examples that Iunfollowed five influencers today.
It's probably a good start, and Irealized they were subtly making
me feel like I was always behind.
(11:29):
Here's another great one.
I closed out my online card.
I had $120 worth of things I didn't need.
Instead, I reread my gratitudelist and felt a shift.
Maybe next time someone brings up moneyor stuff that triggers me, I'm going
to change the subject or just silent,remind myself, Ralph, that's not my lane.
Or May, maybe I move the socialmedia off off my home screen.
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Now I pause before openingit and sometimes guess what?
I just skip it.
And I absolutely love this one.
Every time I feel the itch to buysomething unnecessary, I take 60
seconds to list three blessings instead.
See, here's the truth.
Gratitude is the antidote to comparison.
And the goal isn't to shame yourself.
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It's just not.
It's to really recenteryourself on what matters.
'cause here's why this works,'cause gratitude refocuses
you on God's blessings.
I will never leave you no forsake you.
That filtering, comparisonstops that not enough narrative.
You stop hearing that in the back ofyour head, and once you develop these
habits, they're gonna anchor you in peaceand they're gonna anchor you in purpose.
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Well, how about we pray together today?
Father God, we just thankyou for all you've given us.
And Lord, we just confess thatoften we chase more and we
compare ourselves to others.
And Lord, we just ask that you wouldhelp us to live our lives free from
that love of money and cultivate deepcontentment in our hearts for the
things you've already give us, Lord.
And help us to truly see thetreasure, Lord, and the blessing
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that you give us on a daily basis,and just be grateful for them.
And we ask this in confidence.
In Jesus name, Amen.
Listen.
Contentment is an active daily choicepractice gratitude filter comparison
because you're moving towards freedom.
And I just wanna encourage you,if this episode has impacted
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you, I'm gonna encourage youto share it with somebody else.
We talked about that a little whileago, about that encouraging text.
I. Maybe you know somebody that'sstruggling with this, somebody who's
really batting that fear of not havingenough, and I just wanna encourage you
to share this episode with them andshow them that there is a purpose and
they can be grateful for what they have.
You can also visit ourwebsite@financiallyconfidentchristian.com,
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where you can get a copy of mybook, it's called Mastering Your
Finances is absolutely free.
You can getthat@financiallyconfidentchristian.com
slash master.
I'm encourage you to get that.
Now, tomorrow we're gonnatalk about how gratitude can
radically shift your finances.
Yes, we're gonna talk about a radicalshift in your finances, so don't miss it.
And now I just wanna encourage you,let's go out there and be those
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financially confident Christians.
You can do this.
I believe in you.
I want you to believe in yourselfand stay financially savvy.
God bless you and youhave a great day today.
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