contented people are consumed with meeting other people's needs.

And until you are willing to do that, and until that is the priority, you will battle the temptations of discontent.

But when you recognize that the most important issue is somebody else and the meeting of their needs, you are free from dissatisfaction.

Welcome to Grace to You with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Back in 1916, John D. Rockefeller became the first man to have a personal fortune

of $1 billion. After adjusting for inflation, he was one of the wealthiest people who ever lived.

And yet, when he was asked how much money would be enough, he answered just a little bit more. Well, friend, if you've

ever struggled to be content, if, like Rockefeller, you've found yourself wishing for a bit more of

something, or maybe a lot more, stay here for grace to you, as John MacArthur shows you from

scripture, how to be satisfied in every circumstance.

Today's lesson is part of John's study, the Pillars of Christian Character.

And here now is John MacArthur.

We have talked about the spiritual attitudes, faith, love, humility, unity, compassion, forgiveness, joy, thanks.

We've talked about how essential to the life of the church those spiritual attitudes are because

they carry the church's life.

They're the internal organs in the body of Christ in which the life flows and generates

ministry.

And one of those essential attitudes is the attitude of contentment, contentment.

Philippians chapter 4, turn to it with me.

Philippians chapter 4.

Now as the Apostle Paul writes this epistle to the Philippians, you need to know a little about his circumstances.

...