Everywhere today, people run to and fro across the face of the earth, either away from something they deem not good enough or toward something they deem as better, convinced that "If I just get away from this place, or, if I can only get to that place, then I'll be happy; then I'll be content." Because we live in this world, we can be tempted to get caught up in that same endless pursuit. But our God, through the apostle Paul, admonishes us to "learn, in whatever state (we are), to be content." This message examines what it means to learn contentment.

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.