contentment on this edition of Truth and Love.

I'm Dale Johnson and you're listening to Truth and Love,

a podcast of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors,

where we seek to provide biblical solutions for the problems that people face.

One of those problems that we all struggle with to one degree or another is the issue of contentment.

Paul raises this issue in the scriptures in Philippians.

He talks about contentment as something that he has learned.

Now, I find that interesting because the Apostle Paul is talking about circumstances that he

has dealt with.

He's encouraged us previously in the chapter in Philippians chapter four to rejoice. And now he's telling us that he

has learned how to be content. Remember, he's writing this from prison. And as he's talking about

this idea of contentment, he's contrasting it with several things. Now, this is where this

becomes very practical for all of us. We're moving into

this season of Thanksgiving. This has to be one of my favorite times of the year. I love the cool

breeze when it begins to blow during the fall. I love the celebration of the holidays. I love everything about this time

of year, but we have to remember for many folks, this is a very difficult time of year, where

families are getting together. Maybe folks who joined us at family meetings will not be at this year's family meeting for one reason or another.

Maybe death is the cause of a person not being around this holiday season.

Could be conflict.

It could be a number of different things.

The point is that many of us are reminded of the different ways in which we struggle with this issue of

thankfulness, this issue of contentment. Now, I want us to work through a couple of these

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