The Battle for Contentment is a very real battle, but Melissa Kruger reminds us that we're not left without weapons to use in that battle.

We do not fight for contentment by being tougher. We fight for contentment by being on

our knees and being in the word. We must be women who seek the Lord daily.

This is the Reviver Heart Podcast for November 3rd, 2023.

I'm Dana Gresch and our host is the author of Choosing Gratitude,

Nancy Demas W Walgum. Have you ever gotten a case of the if only, of course you have, like if only I had this of that thing or if only such and such a circumstance were different, then I'd be happy.

I know I fight the if-onlys from time to time more often than I'd like to admit.

We all do.

The secret, of course, is cultivating what our guest Melissa Kruger has been talking about this week and that's cultivating a heart of contentment.

Yesterday, Melissa helped us understand how to both identify and fight the enemy of contentment,

covetousness. She reminded us that we lack contentment, not because our circumstances

aren't lining up just right, but because we have

we have cobbacious hearts.

Melissa is a wife, she's a mom, an author,

and the director of women's initiatives

for the Gospel Coalition.

We're picking up today with Part 3 of Melissa's message from a workshop at a recent True Woman conference.

At this point in her message, she's been describing what coveting looks like.

She said, first of all, that coveting is a sin pattern that is independent of our circumstances.

Our natural tendency is to slip into if only kinds of thinking, but Melissa reminded us that at its

core, covening is a heart attitude of craving, always wanting more.

Then second, she said,

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