Welcome to Transformation Church Podcast.

It's fun month at TC, and today's message is brought to you by our creative pastor, Charles Metcalf.

So from wherever you're listening, we hope you're encouraged by this week's message.

We're going to be in Philippians 4, as wherever you're going to be after you have your

Bibles or your phone, or we'll have it on the screens for you.

But I want to give you some context to the book of Philippians.

Philippians is a letter from Paul to a church in a place called Philippians.

The city of Philippi was a place where a lot of Roman soldiers would retire.

They would retire to this place, and so what that meant is there are a lot of people who are loyal to Caesar in this area,

and the Roman Empire, and Rome at this time ruled a lot of the world, and so Paul gets thrown in jail for preaching the gospel.

And he's in jail, and the church at Philippi, they send someone to send him money.

And so they send him some money, and we get this letter because Paul is taking time to thank them for the money that he sent to him.

And so that's kind of a context Paul's writing from jail, and it's a thank you letter for money and resources that was sent to him.

And so we're going to pick it up in Philippians 4. We'll start in verse 10. This is what the Bible says.

It says, how I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again.

Where I know that you've always been concerned, but you didn't have a chance to help me.

Not that I was ever in need, but I've learned how to be content. Everybody say content.

With whatever I have, I know how to live with almost nothing and with everything. I have learned the secret of living.

I've learned the secret of living in every situation, whether a full stomach or empty with plenty or little.

And if you've ever played on a team or been around church at all, you've heard this in the next scripture.

Philippians 4.13, for I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

It's out of my message today if you're taking notes, and I would encourage you to take notes.

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