Afghan Radio - Sound of Life Hope for Afghans

Contentment means being satisfied with what you have, not reducing your efforts to have more. While a greedy person is always dissatisfied with what he has and is constantly trying to collect more possessions for himself. Unfortunately, there is never an end to having more; Therefore, a contented person is someone who is satisfied with what he has and gives thanks to God. Satisfied people never envy others' possessions and do not spend the peace they have in life on grudges against others. Contentment gives peace to a person.

Good luck to us Tamian. The teaching of Jesus contradicts the teaching of the world. This is what the world says: don't mourn - run away from sadness and anxiety and seek happiness. But Jesus says - in order to be truly happy, one must first mourn. What does Jesus mean when he says we should mourn? He means: we should mourn for our sins. He is talking about spiritual sorrow, not worldly sorrow. Before we can receive the joy of salvation, we must first mourn our sins. Such mourning leads to repentance. The sorrow that is for God is the source of repentance for the sake of salvation, for which there is no regret; But worldly sorrow is the source of death.

God, who is great and exalted, will be with the broken-hearted in times of trouble and difficulty. He is true and faithful to his promises. Broken-hearted people may think or feel that they are alone in times of trouble, but this is not the case. God is with us in difficulties and problems. He does not leave us alone.

The purpose and meaning of humility is not to consider yourself superior to others who are in a lower position in terms of status. Also, humility means a broken ego and a person who does not consider himself higher than others. Humility is like a field where beautiful and fragrant flowers give the gift of brotherhood, affection, magnanimity and purity, and true honour and dignity. It should be noted that the concept of humility is respecting others, not humiliating oneself and going under the burden of humiliation. Be humble and happy; This is the advice of psychologists.

The word happiness in Greek means (makrios); It is the highest and happiest word that man receives from God's character with faith. Happy means blessed; When you have this in your heart, it is no longer dependent on external events and circumstances that others impose on you. You don't even brag about your good deeds and you don't compare them with other people. Because good deeds do not bring us to God. Jesus to those who are proud of their good deeds and consider others inferior; He gave an example of a Pharisee and a tax collector who went to the temple to pray.

Without being poor in spirit, no one can enter the kingdom of heaven. The world teaches that in order to be blessed, one must be powerful, rich and self-reliant. But this is a big mistake. Jesus teaches that to receive true blessing one must first become poor in spirit. Being poor in spirit means emptying yourself. I wish we could be filled with God's blessings; First we have to empty. Every human being is naturally full of selfishness and arrogance. This is called our old nature or old nature.