Finding the Right Content

Let's turn to 1 Timothy chapter 6. 1 Timothy chapter 6. When we first started through Timothy, we divided up between the four pastoral staff and and preaching. And uh I I'm glad that I ended up with 1 Timothy chapter 6. And as I was working on it, I thought, you know, there's there's so much content here. It's going to be hard to teach it and not preach it. So, I'm going to try to do my best to teach, but I'm also going to be preaching about this because I think there's so much here that we can benefit from. But in 1 Timothy chapter 6 and verse number six, it says, "But godliness with contentment is great gain.

For we brought nothing into this world is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raignment, let's be there with contempt. But they that will be rich uh fall into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful lust, which drown men in destruction and predition. For the love of money is the root of evil, of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have aired from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. And and I really want to focus on what it says there in verse number six, because the rest of it kind of follows from that. And that is godliness with contentment is great gain.

And one of the things that many of us struggle with is this idea of contentment. And and what it means to be content with what we have. And uh contentment is a a word I want to define it by breaking it down into parts if I can. And and the first part of contentment when you look at the word it starts with the word con. And con can mean many different things. First of all it can mean to steer a ship. And in Mark chapter 4 and put a marker in first Timothy and turn over there in Mark chapter 4. Uh Jesus was on a ship here in verse number 35 through verse 41. It says, "In the same day, when the evening was come, he saith unto them, let's pass over onto the other side.

And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship, and there was also with him other little ships." And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat onto the into the ship, so that was now full. He was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow, and they awake him, and say unto him, "Master, carousel not that we perish." And he rose and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith? And they feared exceedingly and said, wondering, "What manner of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

There's a song that the kids sang, "With Christ in my vessel, I can smile at the storm." And I I was in the Air Force, not in Navy. Uh but I did get a chance a couple times to take a dependence cruise and go on a Navy ship from here to Maui. And I've also been on a submarine. And uh one of the things when you're a sailor on the ship, one of the things I learned is you have to be content to trust the captain of the ship to con or steer the ship. You know, when you're down there in the bowels of the ship in the engine room or wherever you're at and you're in the midst of a storm or missing the battle and the ship is twisting and turning and moving back and forth and and and you have no idea what's going on up top, but you have to just do your job and trust in the captain to con the ship where it needs to go.

And you just got to stay faithful. The sailor ship has to trust the captain to stay faithful to do his job. And we need to trust first of all, we need to trust God to con our ship to take us to the the the to our destination in salvation to get us to the other side. If you look at Mark 4:35, it's the same day when the evening was come, he saith unto them, let us let us pass over onto the other side. Jesus had made a promise to disciples, we are going to go to the other side. And even when the storms of life come, we need to remember God's promise that he will take us to the other side. In John 14:es 1-4, let not your heart be troubled.

Neither you believe in God, believe also me. In my father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there you may be also. And whether I go, you know, in the way you know. Jesus told us, "Don't let our heart be troubled because he has promised us that he is going to take us to the other side." And even when the storms of life come and when the problems happen, you can depend on that promise. The disciples forgot his promise when they were in the midst of the storm.

They forgot he had promised to take him to the other side. In Mark 4:38, "And he was in the hinder part of the ship asleep on a pillow. And they awake him and say unto a master, "Carest thou not that we perish?" And sometimes we forget that God does care about us. In 1 Peter 5 and:e 7 it says, "Casting all your care upon him for he cared for you." And we need to remember that when we go through those storms of life that Jesus is the captain of our ship and he has promised us he's going to take us the other side. And he does care for us. And so when that ship is tossing and turning and the battle is on and all the noise and everything else happening, just stay faithful to the Lord and remember his promise and stay faithful to him.

You can be content when you remember who's conning the ship, who's conning your life. And and and God only has one helm. In James chapter 3:es 4 and 5, it says, "Behold also the ships which though they be so great are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whethersoever the governor listeth, even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth." You know what? God doesn't need your tongue to guide his work. And sometimes we forget God is the one that's in control, but we think that somehow we've got to we we we stop being content and we've got to we got to tell the Lord what to do and and we start complaining.

In Philippians chapter 2 and verses 14 and 15, it says, "Do all things without murmurings and disputings that you may be blameless and harmless the sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation among whom you shine as lights in the world." And so often what happens is is we're going through a situation in life and we we we're not content. And so what do we do? We begin complaining. And that complaining is us trying to control the situation instead. Remember God is in control. And and so often our contentment is taken away by our complaining. Uh your heart controls your tongue.

In Psalms 19:14, "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer." You want to see how content somebody is? Listen to how much they complain. Because when you're complaining, you're not content. You're trying to con your own life. You're saying, "This isn't the way we should be going. This is what we should be doing." And you're trying to take over instead of letting God control it. And realize that God has promised to take you to the other side. And so contentment starts with the word con which means like to con to helm.

But the word con also means to oppose like pro versus con. In 2 Corinthians 12, turn over there if you would. 2 Corinthians 12 and look at verses 7-9. 2 Corinthians 12 7-9. Paul said, "Unless I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, it was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought to the Lord thrice that he might depart from me." And he said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

Now Paul with his infirmities, the the struggles he's going through. He could have just complained, but he said, "You know what? Uh this is what God has allowed in my life." And we need to realize contentment is realizing I cannot oppose those things that God allows in my life. I need to accept them with God's grace. You see, Paul wanted God to take that thorn in the flesh away. And and and God said no. And and Paul prayed three times and after that he said, "Okay, if this is God's choice, then I'm going to trust in God's grace and I'm not going to fight against what God has allowed in my life."

And that's a hard thing to do when you're going through a situation. You you want to complain. When you're going through a situation, you you you say, "God, take this away." But sometimes we have to realize that we can't oppose what the Lord has brought into our lives. Well, we need to accept it with the grace of God. And the word con also can mean a con man. And um you know sometimes you can conute people into thinking you're saved. In Matthew 7:es 21-23 he talks about how that they said Lord Lord look at all these great and wonderful things we've done your name and what did he say to them? Depart from me.

I never knew you. And and sometimes we can con ourselves into thinking I'm okay with God. I'm saved when we're not. I I've dealt with a lot of people over the years that that uh in fact I talked to somebody just recently or said, "You know, when I was growing up, uh I I was I wasn't sure about my salvation, but I didn't want to tell anybody cuz I was afraid what everybody would think." And he just kind of conned himself into thinking, "I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay." And finally realized, "I'm not okay. And I'm not content because I don't know for sure that I'm going to heaven." And and you're not going to have contentment until you settle this thing with the Lord.

if you're doubting your salvation. And you can also con yourself into justifying your sins. Sometimes we can be content and think I'm okay when you're not. In Genesis 37 27, it says, "Come and let us sell him to the Ishelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother in our flesh, and his brethren were content." Joseph's brother sold him into slavery and they conned themselves to thinking we did a really good thing cuz we didn't kill him. And you know I I've met many Christians that are living in sin and doing what's wrong and they've conned themselves into this idea that I'm okay because I'm not as bad as or I'm not doing this or I I stop, you know, and and we can con ourselves into thinking we're content when we're not.

and his brothers were content with selling their brother into slavery and and obviously they had conned themselves into thinking that was a good thing when it was a bad thing and Christians can do the same thing. So the word contentment starts with con and we need to realize that God is the one that cons the ship. He's the captain and we need to trust him to get us to the other side. We need to realize that we can't oppose what God does in our lives. And we need to we need to to accept the grace of God. And we need to realize that we cannot con ourselves into thinking we're okay when we're not.

But the next part of that word contentment is the word tent. And and and you know, one of the things that you learn for contentment is be careful where you pitch your tent. In Genesis chapter 13 and verse number 12, I want you to turn over there if you would. Uh but Genesis 13:12, you know the story. It's the story of Lot. And uh in Genesis 13 and in verse number 12, it says that Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plains and pitched his tent towards Sodom. Now, Lot ended up in a very bad place. We all know that. And how did he get there? Because he wasn't content to remain with Abraham and and dwell with Abraham.

And he pitched his tent towards Sodom. And so often what we do is we begin that process and it wasn't an overnight thing with Lot. Uh in verse number 10 it it tells us that um there was a famine in the land. Uh chapter 12 chapter 13 I'm sorry chapter 13 verse number 10. And Lot lifted up his eyes and behold all the plain of Jo Jordan is well watered everywhere before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah even as the garden of the Lord like the land of Egypt as thou comest unto Zor. Uh Lot lifted up his eyes and and he saw this greener grass and he began to lack contentment. He says, "That's what I want."

And he began to look towards the greener grass and and so often that's what happen. We look at the world and we say, "Looks like they're all having fun." And we look at the world and they they've got all the money. We look at the world, they got this and that and the other thing and I can't have that. and and we start looking at we that like I talked about that greener grass syndrome and and the you know the greener grass is well watered and and sometimes if we stop looking at that well-watered grass over here and just realize you know if I start watering my grass we used to live in Foster Village uh over down here in Salt Lake area and uh our neighbor had a beautiful lawn just a beautiful lawn beautiful garden and everything and and one day I was confident I says I'd love to have a lawn like that he says you won't.

I thought, I won't. Why? What's something wrong with my property? He said, "No, you won't. Cuz you got you got small kids and you got a job. I'm retired. I've got no children around. I've got time to take care of that lawn. You you don't, you know, and I envied his lawn, but I realized he envied me because of what I had." And and you know, sometimes we're looking at the world saying, "Man, I wish I had that." And and we begin looking over there and and desiring that, but the lawn, you know, that that greener grass still has to be mowed. it still has to be taken care of. And and then in verse 11, Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan and Lot journeyed east and they separated themselves the one from the other.

And boy, that's when we start heading the wrong direction when we start separating ourselves from Christians and Christian fellowship and from the church. Hebrews 10 24 and 25. and let us consider one another, provoke unto love and to good works, not forsaking the assembly of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another so much the more you see the day approaching. Lot got lost his contentment when he started looking at the greener grass. And then he separated himself and started separating himself from from Abram and the other believers. And then in verse number 12, it says, Abraham dwelt in the land of Canaan and Lot dwelt in the cities of plain and pitched his tent towards Sodom.

He began moving away from the Lord and begin moving away from the Lord's people and heading the wrong direction. Um, some of you are not there yet, but you're going there. You're you're getting around the wrong people. And by the way, when you get around the wrong people, you're going to lose your contentment. The Bible says in in 1 Corinthians 15:33, "Be not deceived. Evil communications, corrupt, grood manners." And you get around unsaved people, you're going to lose your contentment. You get around people even that are saved but are complainers. you know, you hang around complainers, you're going to start complaining.

It it's just the way it works out. And and when you pitch your tent towards that, when you start moving in that direction, you're going to lose your contentment. And and then the Bible tells us that Lot ended up in Sodom and Gomorrah. And and that's where we head when we lose our contentment. when we stop being content with what God has provided for us. You know, it's interesting in second Peter chapter 2 7 and 8 it says and delivered just lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. Now, why does the Bible call him a just just Lot? Because he was justified. He was saved. The B word justified means just as if I'd never sinned.

I believe that Lot was a believer in the Messiah. He was saved man, but he was he who was a just man, but he vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. For that righteous man dwelling among them is seen in here in his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds. It bothered Lot but didn't bother him enough to do something about it. You know, sometimes we realize that that there there's something not right in my life, but instead of dealing with it, we just kind of we get bothered by it, but we don't do anything about it. And and and that's what we need to do. We need to realize that God has put me in this place for a reason and we need to be satisfied with our tent.

Uh look at 2 Corinthians chapter 5. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 and:es 4-9. 2 Corinthians 5:es 4-9. For we that are in this tabernacle or tent do groan being burdened not for that we would be unclothed but clothed upon that mortality might be swallowed up of life. In other words, sometimes you just kind of long to go to heaven. Sometimes you just look at your life and say, "Boy, this is just great if I could go to heaven right now and and not have to camp out in this life anymore." And in verse number five, now he that hath wrought us for the self, same thing as God, who also has given unto us the earnest of the spirit.

Therefore, we are always confident knowing that whilst we are home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labor in that whether present or absent, we might be accepted of him. How many of you like camping? Raise your hand. I mean, real camping, out in a tent, on the ground, you know, all the rest of that. All right. Praise the Lord for you. I do not like camping. And the whole time I'm out camping, when I do go camping, the whole time I'm out there thinking, "Praise God, I've got a bed back home I'm going to."

You know, I could put up with a camping because I know that that bed is waiting for me someday. And uh the sooner the better. and and and we need to learn to be content. Um be satisfied. Sometimes in this life we go through groanings. Sometimes we we have pain, we have trials, we have problems we go through and and and in those times we just need to be content that this is where God has me right now. And one day I'm going to have that mansion in heaven. But right now I've got to put up with the with the tent and and camp out in this life. In Psalms 139:14, it says, "I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made, marvelous thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well."

Sometimes we're not content with who we are. We're not content with the way we look. We're not content with our abilities or our talents, and we think, "God," and we become discontent, but you know what? God made you the way you are. And and we can look at somebody else. You ever gone camping and looked at somebody else's tent and said, "Man, I wish I had that tent." You know, a lot nicer, a lot better tent. But God made you with the tent you have. And you need to learn to be content with what God made you. Be content with camping out in this life until you get to that better place. So be satisfied with where your tent is.

In Philippians 4 11 through13, it says, "Not that I speak in respect of respective want, for I've learned in what source state I am therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. Everywhere in all things I am instructed both be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthenth me. And and and you know, I see a lot of people that are just, you know, like I talked about this morning, they're always thinking, I I wish I could be back or I wish I could be in the future and they're always looking to some other place than they are right now.

And and this is where God has you. You know, you ever met somebody that I wish I could get off this rock, you know, but we're always looking for something else. Listen, we're never satisfied with where our tent is. And and we need to be satisfied. This is where God has me. And you will not be content until you're satisfied with where God has planted you today. So the word content starts with the word con. It has the word tent. And then put those two words together and it's content. Content. Content. And and you know contentment is when you realize that my content is sufficient. My content is sufficient.

Look at what it says back in 1 Timothy chapter 6 and verse number 8. 1 Timothy chapter 6 and verse number 8. He says, "In having food and reignment, let us be be there with content." See, contentment is that you know what? This is what I have. And in our society today, we're never content, are we? I'm not content until I get a new car, till I get the latest cell phone, till I get the new furniture. And there's always something else that will make us content, that will make us happy. and and we're just not content. And and the Bible says in having food and raignment, it says God says you need two things, food and raignment, and be content.

Anything else is a bonus, but we're never content because we always want the latest, the greatest, the newest, the best. I read a story about a man that a kind of a rich guy that moved in next to a Quaker and and the Quaker came over and knocked on his door when he moved in. He said, "Neighbor, if ever thou needest anything, come to see me and I will tell thee how to get along without it." And you know, we need to learn that in today's society. We got to learn it's it's great to have all those things. And I'm not saying it's wrong to have more than just food and raignment. It's not wrong to have a nice house or a nice car or a nice cell phone, all the rest of the things, but it just seems like in life we're always thinking, "If I just had some new content, if I just had something else, I'd be happy."

you know, and and and we just are not content. We're not content with food and raignment. We're not content with our wages. Um he goes on to talk about money and the and and everybody, you know, that that love of money and I just got to have more money. In Luke 3 and verse 14, it says, "Be content, excuse me, be content with your wages." And um I see a lot of people that that are just like they're they're living their life always waiting for that next promotion. I was waiting for the new job. I see a lot of Christians now I got to get a second job so I can earn more money. Uh all these things and and and no matter what it costs me in my family, my spiritual life.

Now folks, again, I I understand we live in Hawaii and and the cost of living is high here and I understand that sometimes we need to ask for the raise and and and we need to work for that promotion. And the Bible's not saying those things are wrong. It says a labor is worthy of his hire. and and and we do need to work and and and I think it's good to have goals to improve yourself and improve your income and all the rest of it, but there's nothing wrong with having money, but it's the love of money that is the problem. And I've seen it so often. Somebody will come to me and say, "Pastor, I got to get a second job."

And and again, I realize a lot of people have to work two jobs just to make it here in Hawaii. But in many cases, it's just because I want something else. and and going get the second job and pretty soon the second job is keeping them from going to church. You know, I I've seen singles come and say, "I got to have money to buy a car." And and they buy the car and now they can't they don't have time to come to church cuz they got to pay for the car. And and so often we allow that love of money to to to drive us and be that driving force. In Proverbs 30 and:es 7-9, it says, "Two things have I required of thee.

Deny them not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny thee and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or lest I be poor and steal and take the name of my God in vain. You know, he said, "Listen, I don't want to be so poor that I'm so busy trying to get money to feed my family and take care of everything that I I forget God. But I don't want to be so rich that I don't need God." I I think a lot of models for Christians instead of in God we trust, it's in Visa we trust. I think that's one of the worst things about credit cards is instead of praying for what we need, we just pull out the credit card so I can pay for it this way.

And we don't we're not content. Now again, I realize there's times where you you you struggle with money and I realize there's times where you need to earn it and all the rest of it and and it's not wrong to have money. It's not wrong to have good things. But when we're not content with what God has provided and when we've got to have the next, the greatest, the best, and when it becomes the driving force and becomes more important than the Lord and our family, that's where the problem comes in. We need to be content with what we have. In Hebrews 13:es 5 and 6, it says, "Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as you have, for he has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee, so that we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me."

And so, next time you feel like, "I've really got to have this," stop and pray and say, "God, do I really need this? And if I need it, then you're going to provide it. and I don't have to go out and take a credit card on it and I don't have to go out and get a second job to get it. I I can trust you for that. And so often we're not content with the content of our life. We're not content with what God has provided. And we need to learn to have that contentment. and not only for ourselves but I I want to be content not only that God has given me what I need but I want to learn contentment is partly to realize that what God gives me he gives it to me to share with others.

In John chapter 6 and verse 7 says Philip answered him said 200 penny worth of bread is not sufficient for them that every one of them may take may take a little. This little lad had very little lunch but he was content to share with the Lord. And you know when you you'll learn real contentment when you realize that even the little I have God has given me to share with others. That's been the times of God's greatest blessings in my life. When we've had little, but we were able to share it with somebody else, to be a blessing to somebody else. That's when true contentment comes in. And there's been times in our lives we decided instead of spending money to buy this, let's let's let's give the money to the Lord or give the money to missions or or give it to somebody in need.

It's learning that contentment with the content that you have in your life. Go over to look at 1 Timothy chapter 6 and verse number six. But godliness with contentment is great gain. You see, contentment depends on what the content is in your life. Because what's in is going to come out. You ever used a container that was designed for one thing and used it for something else and then forgot it? You know, there's times I've gone to a container and poured it out thinking I was going to get something good to drink and it was some kind of poison in there. You know, cuz I had stored something else in there.

What goes in comes out. And with contentment, godliness with contentment. And when godliness goes in, contentment comes out. And when you get around people that are complaining and people that are griping, you see, contentment ends with the the the little word meant. And contentment is is you could say it this way. I meant to be content, but instead I was contentious. People that are not content are people that are contentious. Proverbs 26:21 says, "As coals are to burning coals and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife." You know, you know how you start a fire? Anybody here ever boy scout?

Raise your hand if you're a boy scout or girl scout. You maybe you learned how to start a fire. One of the things you got to get first of all, what's the first thing you got to get? Starts with a K. Kindling. You You can't just take a log and light it. You got to get little kindling first. And it's the little kindling that starts the fire. You know what I've learned in life? It's not the big things. It's the little things that I'm constantly contentious about, complaining about. It's all the little gripes, the little problems that add up in our marriages, in our family. You know, that that's where the problems start.

It's not the big things. It's the little things that cause strife in our lives and cause problems in our lives. So I meant to be content but instead I was discontentious. And other people I meant to be content but instead I was contemptable. In 2 Corinthians 10:10 it says for his letters say they are weighty and powerful but his body presence is weak and his speech contemptable. When you are not contempt contempt, you don't like anything. When you get lack of contentment, you can't stand this island. You can't stand your job. You can't stand your boss. You don't like the people at church. You don't like the pastor.

You don't like your spouse. You don't like your kids. You don't like your neighbors. You don't like your neighbor's kids. You don't like your neighbor's dog. You know, everything is negative. You ever been around people like that? Everything is negative. You know why? Because they're not content. When you're content, you have a whole lot less contention in your life. A whole lot less negativity. and I meant to be content, but instead I tried to control my own life. In Joshua 7:7, it says, "And Joshua said, "Alas, oh Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?

Would to God we have been content and dwelt on the other side of Jordan." Joshua is complaining to God because of the mess that he made. You know, he didn't ask God if he should go into that battle. There was unconfessed sin in the nation. He went in on his own power. He said, "I could do it myself." And then he complains to God because nothing worked out the way he expected. And folks, when you try to control your own life, you're not going to be content. And don't complain to God for all the mistakes that you made. In Luke 12 and:e1 15 the Bible says he said unto them take heed and beware of covetousness.

For a man's life consists not in the abundance of things which he possesses. And this passage is just so so challenging to me that Paul wrote to me said listen godliness with contentment is great gain. He said Timothy you brought nothing to this world and is certain we can carry nothing out. And so he goes on and says, "Having food and raignmentless be there with content." And then he says, "But they that will be rich fall into temptation, a snare, and that into many foolish and hurtful lust, which down drown men in destruction and predition. For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they ne they have aired from the faith and pierce themselves through with many sorrows."

So when you're not content, you're heading towards trouble. And so learn to be content with the things that you have. Learn to be content with what God has provided. Money's not the problem. Things are not the problem. It's a lack of contentment where the real problem is. And that's where the challenge is as well. So tonight we'll break up in our discussion groups in just a moment here and I want you to talk about contentment. And so number one, what does godliness look like? Godliness with contentment. Contentment alone is not the solution. I know a lot of unsaved people that are more content than a lot of Christians.

It's godliness with contentment. So when we say the word godly, what do we mean by that? If you're supposed to be godly, what does that mean? I want you in your group to define that. And then how do we attain godliness? Godliness means godlike. So how do we attain godliness in in that way? And then how can we learn to be content? talk about some practical applications to your life. What can you how can you take this passage this week and help you to be content? What are some things you can practically do and the way you think and the way you talk and the actions you have? How can we learn to be content?

And especially in the world we live in today where every commercial is trying to make you discontent with what you have. And then what should our attitude towards money be? Money is not the root of evil. But the love of money is we live in a world where money is a requirement to live in this world and and we should work hard and earn our money. The Bible's very clear about that and and and and this Bible's very clear about paying our own way and all the rest of it. But we especially here in Hawaii, we live in a societ place that's expensive and it's a challenge every day to even just pay our bills. And so how do we deal with that attitude towards money? And how how as Christians should we deal with