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Spirit of Spirit of Entitlement Entitlement Deadly to Our Lives Deadly to Our Lives

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Spirit of Spirit of EntitlementEntitlement

Deadly to Our LivesDeadly to Our Lives

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GrumblingGrumbling

Hell and destruction are never satisfied; and never satisfiednever satisfied are the

eyes of man. Proverbs 13:20

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GrumblingGrumbling

For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water…. So the

people grumbled against Moses…” Exodus 15:22-24

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GrumblingGrumbling

In the desert the whole community grumbledgrumbled against Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 16:2

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GrumblingGrumbling

“If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this

desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”  Exodus 16:3

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GrumblingGrumbling

In the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because He has heard your

grumbling against Himagainst Him.

Exodus 16:7

 

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GrumblingGrumbling

Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the in the hearing of the

LordLord…

 Numbers 11:1

 

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GrumblingGrumbling

…and when he heard them His anger was aroused. Then fire from the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

  Numbers 11:1 

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GratitudeGratitude

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for

this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

 1 Thess. 5:16-18 

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GratitudeGratitude

An Antidote to Anger.

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of

place, but rather thanksgiving.

Ephesians 5:4

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GratitudeGratitude

An Antidote to Anxiety.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to

God.

 Philippians 4:6

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GratitudeGratitude

A Springboard to A Springboard to HopeHope..

The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he

will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. JoyJoy

and gladnessgladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singingsound of singing.

  Isaiah 51:3

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GratitudeGratitude

A Springboard to A Springboard to JoyJoy..

These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joyjoy and thanksgivingthanksgiving among the festive throng.  Psalm 42:4

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GratitudeGratitude

Enter his gatesEnter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and

praise his name.

 Psalm 100:4

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GratitudeGratitude

The Wonder of The Wonder of GraceGrace..

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GratitudeGratitude

The Wonder of The Wonder of GraceGrace..

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, “I have just bought a field, and

I must go and se it. Please excuse me.”

  Luke 24:18

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GratitudeGratitude

The Wonder of The Wonder of GraceGrace..

Another said, “I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out.

Please excuse me.”

   Luke 24:19

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GratitudeGratitude

The Wonder of The Wonder of GraceGrace..

Still another, “I just got married, so I can’t come.”

   Luke 24:20

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GratitudeGratitude

The Wonder of The Wonder of GraceGrace..

… The owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, “Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the

lame.”

    Luke 24:21

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GratitudeGratitude

The Wonder of The Wonder of GraceGrace..

“I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.”    

Luke 24:21

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The Wonder of The Wonder of GraceGrace..

“though they knew God, they did not honornot honor Him as God, or give thanksor give thanks.”

 Romans 1:21