Stop Complaining; Be Grateful

SERMON BYBRO. NDIANABASI UDONKANG

27/10/2013 1

CHURCH OF CHRIST, SANGOTEDO

INTRODUCTIONTHREE SCENERIOS

✔ A personal story,

✔ A story of the Ten Lepers (Luke 17:11-19),

✔A story of Three Servants & their Talents (Matt. 25: 14-30).

CONSEQUENCES OF INGRATITUDE

✔Bitterness to oneself and others (Matt. 18: 32-35),

✔ Low self-esteem,

✔ Greed

HOW TO DEVELOP A GRATEFUL ATTITUDE

✔Count your blessings, and count them one by one,

– Make a list of the blessings in your life, e.g:

• Gift of life & Good health,

• Shelter,

• Food & Water,

• Husband, children, relatives, friends,

• Job/handiwork,

• Gift of salvation, etc

HOW TO DEVELOP A GRATEFUL ATTITUDE

✔Meditate on those blessings listed together with God's Words. Think about how each of them has changed your life. Let the overflowing joy manifest as songs and praises to God. (Rom. 12:2; Eph. 5:19-20; Isaiah 26:3)

✔Change your thoughts. Always focus of the good/positive aspects rather than the bad/negative aspects of life. (Philippians 4:8)

✔Do not be anxious about anything. (Philippians 4:6)

May these words dwell richly in all of us, in Christ's name we pray.

AMEN!