The High Cost of Grumbling

^{1 Corinthians 10:10}

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THE HIGH COST OF GRUMBLING!
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 

These aren't stories - they're examples.

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Don't grumble as some of them did and were killed!

HOW TO TURN A ROUGH YEAR
INTO A MISERABLE LIFE:
    Numbers 13-14

Forget God's blessings.
    Call God a liar - Criticize his leaders 
   - whine about life in general.

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SOME IMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS: 

It's OK to complain to God - It's not OK 
      to complain about God.
      Job 1:21  &  2:7-10    Psalm 22:1  &  Matthew 27:46 

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It's OK to be hating life  - It's not OK to bail on God.
      Job 10:18-19  &  13:15

Negativity is a choice - We can choose what we focus on.
      Philippians 2:14    1 Peter 4:9  &  James 5:9    Psalm 100:4    
      Colossians 4:2  &  1 Thessalonians 5:18 

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LESSONS FROM THE DESERT:

1) Negativity breeds fear - Giving thanks breeds faith. 

2) Negativity snowballs & spreads.

3) Negativity repels.

4) Negativity is self-fulfilling.

5) Negativity short-circuits God's best.

6) Negativity kills.