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In a world shaped by constant visibility and comparison, contentment has become increasingly elusive. From social media to ministry metrics, we are regularly tempted to measure our lives against others rather than live faithfully before God.

In this episode, we explore what Scripture teaches about contentment in an age of comparison. Drawing from Philippians 4, Galatians 6, and 2 Corinthians 10, we consider how comparison distorts our understanding of faithfulness—and how true contentment is learned through trusting Christ in every season.

This conversation calls believers to resist the comparison trap, recover a biblical vision of contentment, and cultivate regular rhythms in daily life to live faithfully.

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Work occupies much of our lives, yet many Christians give little theological attention to it. Is work merely a necessity, a burden of the fall, or something to endure until “real ministry” begins?

In this episode, we explore a biblical theology of work and vocation, rooted in creation, marked by the fall, and reoriented through redemption in Christ. Beginning in Genesis and moving through the New Testament, we consider how Scripture presents work as a God-given calling to be carried out faithfully before His face. Along the way, we address common misconceptions about calling, fulfillment, and success, and recover a vision of ordinary faithfulness in everyday labor for the glory of God.

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As we begin 2026, it’s helpful to pause and ask not simply what we plan to do, but how we are walking before the Lord. In this episode, we turn to Colossians 1:9-10 to consider what it means to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and fully pleasing to Him.

From that biblical foundation, Jonathan shares the heart and direction of Pleasing God Ministries for the year ahead and how the Pleasing God Podcast, Pleasing God Weekly, and Pleasing God Press work together to serve Scripture-shaped lives marked by ordinary faithfulness and steady growth.

This episode is a pastoral orientation for the year ahead and an invitation to walk together in lives formed by God’s Word and lived for His glory.

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