Finding Contentment in a Discontented World: Bloom Where You’re Planted

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This message explores the theme of contentment, rooted in Paul's teaching from Philippians 4:11-13, where he declares, “I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.” In a world often dominated by restlessness, ambition, and comparison, how do we cultivate a heart that is content? Drawing from Psalms 1, Philippians, and various New Testament letters, we consider the concept of "blooming where you’re planted"—finding purpose, peace, and joy in the very place God has placed us, even if it isn’t where we imagined ourselves to be.

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Tony Stith

Tony Stith grew up in the Pacific Northwestern United States. He has been a member of the churches of God all of his life, attending the Boise, Idaho, Lewiston, Idaho and Spokane, Washington churches of God. After graduating college in Pasadena, CA in 1990, he and his wife Elizabeth moved to Minnesota, where they now live in Woodbury, a suburb just to the southeast of St. Paul. They attend the Twin Cities United Church of God congregation.