Everyone is looking for contentment, but it seems to elude most people.

We may be happy and feel secure temporarily, but when circumstances change,

our contentment vanishes.

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In Philippians chapter 4,

versus 10 through 13, the Apostle Paul shares the secret of contentment.

And he does it all from a prison, so.

In today's message, David Platt points us

to the kind of contentment that doesn't change with

circumstances the contentment that can only be found in Christ. This is part one

in our search for the secret of contentment.

I've been studying this text all week long that we're about to dive into and I have been

waiting for this moment because this word we're about to look at is so good and has such rich application

for our lives especially right now.

So today I want to show you a secret.

So those of you who are kids, or if you can remember being a kid,

like when your friend said, I have a secret to tell you

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