{
  "Contentment": {
    "description": "Satisfaction in God regardless of circumstances",
    "overview": "<p class=\"intro-text\"><span class=\"newthought\">Contentment represents</span> one of the rarest and most valuable graces in Christian experience. In a culture driven by endless acquisition and comparison, biblical contentment stands as countercultural witness. It is not complacency or lack of ambition but deep satisfaction in God that liberates from the tyranny of want.</p>\n\n<p class=\"intro-text\">The apostle Paul declared: \"I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content\" (Philippians 4:11). Notice he \"learned\" contentment—it was not automatic but cultivated through experience and faith. He specified both abundance and want, prosperity and need (4:12). True contentment does not depend on circumstances because its foundation is unchanging: God Himself and His promises.</p>\n\n<p class=\"intro-text\">Scripture identifies covetousness as both idolatry and a root of many evils. \"The love of money is the root of all evil\" (1 Timothy 6:10). \"Covetousness, which is idolatry\" (Colossians 3:5). In contrast, \"godliness with contentment is great gain\" (1 Timothy 6:6). The truly rich person is not one who has the most but one who needs the least, being satisfied in God.</p>\n\n<p class=\"intro-text\">Cultivating contentment requires focus on eternal realities, gratitude for present blessings, trust in God's provision, and freedom from comparison. \"Having food and raiment let us be therewith content\" (1 Timothy 6:8). This simplicity liberates for generosity, ministry, and enjoyment of God without the burden of insatiable desire.</p>",
    "subtopics": {
      "Learning Contentment": {
        "description": "Paul's example",
        "verses": [
          {
            "ref": "Philippians 4:11-12",
            "note": "I have learned to be content"
          },
          {
            "ref": "Philippians 4:13",
            "note": "I can do all things through Christ"
          },
          {
            "ref": "1 Timothy 6:6",
            "note": "Godliness with contentment"
          },
          {
            "ref": "1 Timothy 6:8",
            "note": "Food and raiment, be content"
          }
        ]
      },
      "Freedom from Covetousness": {
        "description": "Avoiding the love of money",
        "verses": [
          {
            "ref": "Hebrews 13:5",
            "note": "Be content, He will never leave"
          },
          {
            "ref": "Luke 12:15",
            "note": "Life consisteth not in abundance"
          },
          {
            "ref": "1 Timothy 6:10",
            "note": "Love of money is root of evil"
          },
          {
            "ref": "Proverbs 30:8-9",
            "note": "Give me neither poverty nor riches"
          }
        ]
      },
      "Trust in God's Provision": {
        "description": "Confidence in divine care",
        "verses": [
          {
            "ref": "Matthew 6:31-33",
            "note": "Seek first the kingdom"
          },
          {
            "ref": "Psalms 37:25",
            "note": "Never seen the righteous forsaken"
          },
          {
            "ref": "Philippians 4:19",
            "note": "God shall supply all your need"
          },
          {
            "ref": "Psalms 23:1",
            "note": "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}