About the Book
Book: Being Content God’s Way and the Being Content God’s Way Workbook
Author: Scott LaPierre
Genre: Christian Nonfiction
Release date: May 21, 2024
Philippians 4:12 reveals a profound truth: there is a “secret to learning contentment.” As Paul declares in the next verse, the secret is the strength Christ provides: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Just as a tree’s unseen root system gathers vital resources for the tree, the unseen part of contentment is being “rooted and built up in Christ” (Colossians 2:7).
With Being Content God’s Way, you will…
- learn to “be content with what you have” (Hebrews 13:5)
- enjoy personal stories and application to daily life
- be equipped to put off covetousness (Colossians 3:5)
- receive biblical answers to common questions
- discover why “godliness with contentment is great gain” (1 Timothy 6:6-10)
Contentment is not an elusive concept. Instead, it is a tangible reality within our reach through a relationship with Christ.
About the Workbook
The perfect companion to Being Content God’s Way!
James 1:22 says, “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” A common mistake with God’s Word is believing we have done enough by learning without applying. Our responsibility goes much further than simply obtaining information.
This 13-week in-depth Bible study will reinforce the teachings from the book so you can be not just a hearer (or reader) but a doer (or obey-er). You will be given the tools to apply the reading and cement the teachings in your heart.
Inside, you will find:
- Helpful guidelines for deepening your relationship with Christ
- Thoughtful questions for self-reflection
- Insightful observations to help you grow spiritually
The workbook is a 3-month study to help you become rooted and built up in Christ. This great tool is perfect for individual use or group study.
Book Excerpt
We can choose to be content regardless of what we are experiencing.
After publishing Your Marriage God’s Way, I started receiving invitations to put on marriage conferences. Whether from conversations at conferences, marriage counseling I perform as a pastor, or emails I receive from people, I can tell many people are discontent with their husband or wife. I know it might not be easy, but they could choose to be content, accept their spouse for who they are, view them as their best friend, and thank God He allows them to enjoy life together. Instead, their discontentment leads them to spend years trying to change their husband or wife (something only the Holy Spirit can do). Hypothetically, let’s say people could change their spouse. Would it be worth all the years of fighting, nagging, and complaining? Probably not. Instead, it is best to be content. Elizabeth Elliott wrote:
A wife, if she is very generous, may allow that her husband lives up to perhaps eighty percent of her expectations. There is always the other twenty percent that she would like to change, and she may chip away at it for the whole of their married life without reducing it by very much. She may, on the other hand, simply decide to enjoy the eighty percent, and both of them will be happy.[i]
[i] Kathy Collard Miller, Why Do I Put So Much Pressure on Myself and Others? (Salem Author Services, 2003), p. 77.
Missed Any Excerpts, Go Here
Excerpt One: https://nannie3.blogspot.com/2025/04/being-content-gods-way-and-being.html
Excerpt Two: https://musingsbymaureen.blogspot.com/2025/04/celebrate-lit-epic-book-launch-presents.html
Excerpt Four: https://penspagesandpulses.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/epic-book-launch-being-content-in-gods-way-workbook-by-scott-lapierre/
Excerpt Five: https://www.guildmaster97.com/posts/being-content-gods-way-and-the-being-content-gods-way-workbook-epic-book-launch-and-giveaway/
Excerpt Six: https://www.devotedtohope.com/beingcontentgw
Excerpt Seven: https://storiesbygina.com/2025/05/01/being-content-gods-way-epic-book-launch-with-celebrate-lit-publicity/
About the Author
Scott LaPierre is a teaching pastor, author, and popular conference speaker. He holds an MA in Biblical Studies from Liberty University. God has blessed Scott and his wife, Katie, with ten children.