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Welcome to the Gospel Coalition podcast, equipping the next generation of believers, pastors,

and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel. Today, you'll hear a message

from Lydia Brownback, originally delivered at TGC's 2022 Women's Conference.

Well, it's afternoon. We're going to talk about contentment. And I think it's pretty safe to say

that each one of us in this room has something in our life right now today that's not quite right.

Something that's incomplete or broken or otherwise just not the way it's supposed to be.

Maybe it's an unmet need or longing, something you've prayed about for a long time.

But God seems silent and nothing ever changes or seems to get better.

Or maybe you're one of those who can't quite identify what's not working. Nothing's really wrong

in your life, but you have this undercurrent of dissatisfaction, something you just can't seem to shake.

And you don't get it because you know you have so much to be grateful for.

If you find yourself to satisfy this afternoon, whatever the cause,

and whether you see it clearly or you can't quite put your finger on it, the question is,

what are you doing about it? How are you living with it?

Whatever's provoking that sense of something not quite right, that discontentment,

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