The Optimism Factor | Dec 9-10, 2006 |
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.