{"id":5104,"date":"2014-04-22T01:32:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T07:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2014-04-22T10:21:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T16:21:05","slug":"clarus-14-recap-and-resources-for-wrestling-with-contentment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/clarus-14-recap-and-resources-for-wrestling-with-contentment\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarus &#8217;14 Recap and Resources for Wrestling with Contentment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are discontent, then you need this post. If you are perfectly content, then you need it too.<\/p>\n<p>The good news of the gospel is that Jesus came to die for our sins of discontent. But he also came with thirst-quenching living water. He came to satisfy us with the bread of heaven\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat is, himself. He promises that one day he will satisfy us completely in a whole new creation.\u00c2\u00a0Rick Phillips and Thabiti Anyabwile recently joined us to address the theme of contentment in the Christian life at\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/clarusabq.com\/\">Clarus &#8217;14<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.686673974704935.1073741826.220804281291909&amp;type=1\">Click here for photos<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0from this year&#8217;s conference,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=5026\">here<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for songs we sang together, and\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/desertspringschurch.bandcamp.com\/track\/my-father-planned-it-all-live\">here<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to download the song &#8220;My Father Planned it All.&#8221; This is an old text to a new tune recorded live at this year&#8217;s conference and a great match for this year&#8217;s theme.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Thabiti Anyabwile<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Contentment Consummated: The New Heaven and New Earth&#8221; -\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/Revelation%2021.1-22.6\" target=\"_blank\" data-reference=\"Revelation 21.1-22.6\" data-version=\"esv\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\">Revelation 21:1-22:6<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t5D_3UXu9m4\">video<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_14_2014_b.php\">audio<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4939\">blog recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t5D_3UXu9m4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contentment with Our Possessions&#8221; -\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/1%20Timothy%206.3-10\" target=\"_blank\" data-reference=\"1 Timothy 6.3-10\" data-version=\"esv\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\">1 Timothy 6:3-10<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hgDA6NAC8nU\">video<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_15_2014_b.php\">audio<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4948\">blog recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hgDA6NAC8nU?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contentment through Communion with Christ&#8221; -\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/1%20John%202.28-3.3\" target=\"_blank\" data-reference=\"1 John 2.28-3.3\" data-version=\"esv\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\">1 John 2:28-3:3<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1sum65jscv8\">video<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_15_2014_e.php\">audio<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4962\">blog recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1sum65jscv8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contentment with Christ&#8217;s Body, the Church&#8221; -\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/1%20Corinthians%2012.12-27\" target=\"_blank\" data-reference=\"1 Corinthians 12.12-27\" data-version=\"esv\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\">1 Corinthians 12:12-27<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QJnUA8gHiqU\">video<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_16_2014_b.php\">audio<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=5007\">blog recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QJnUA8gHiqU?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Rick Phillips<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Contentment Lost: Sin and Restlessness&#8221; &#8211; Genesis 3\u00c2\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rs4bgsjRdQQ\">video<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_14_2014_a.php\">audio<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4934\">blog recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rs4bgsjRdQQ?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contentment Found: Jesus Saves and Satisfies&#8221; -\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/John%204.10-15\" target=\"_blank\" data-reference=\"John 4.10-15\" data-version=\"esv\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\">John 4:10-15<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rJ14h5dEXsg\">video<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_15_2014_a.php\">audio<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4943\">blog recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rJ14h5dEXsg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contentment with Our Weaknesses&#8221; -\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/esv\/2%20Corinthians%2012.1-10\" target=\"_blank\" data-reference=\"2 Corinthians 12.1-10\" data-version=\"esv\" data-purpose=\"bible-reference\">2 Corinthians 12:1-10<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nxip8A_OX54\">video<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_15_2014_c.php\">audio<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4951\">blog recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nxip8A_OX54?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Contentment with Identity&#8221; &#8211; Psalm 16\u00c2\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EtYcu3E14r8\">video<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_16_2014_a.php\">audio<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4997\">blog recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EtYcu3E14r8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Panel Discussion<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Thabiti Anyabwile and Rick Phillips (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gYa4ZnrjJwA\">video<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/Date\/MAR_15_2014_d.php\">audio<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=4958\">blog recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gYa4ZnrjJwA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are discontent, then you need this post. If you are perfectly content, then you need it&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/clarus-14-recap-and-resources-for-wrestling-with-contentment\/\">Continue Reading &rsaquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5104"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5115,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104\/revisions\/5115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}