Dear Friends,
You will have many opportunities to “grumble” this week! It’s HOLY WEEK for goodness sake, the busiest, most stressful week of the Christian year. The rehearsals will be long, the services intense and to top it all off, we won’t be in the comfort of our own church home where we feel safe and comfortable. So, this is OUR cross to bear and it pales in comparison to the cross Christ carried for us. So, when you feel the temptation to grumble or complain (and you just might ’cause you’re human), say “thank you” instead to God for giving us the opportunity to openly share our faith to our community in a beautiful sanctuary on Friday night and amazing theatre on Sunday morning. Be blessed friends!
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Let Thankfulness Temper All Your Thoughts. A thankful mind-set keeps you in touch with Me. I hate it when My children grumble, casually despising My sovereignty. Thankfulness is a safe-guard against this deadly sin. Furthermore, a grateful attitude becomes a grid through which you perceive life. Gratitude enables you to see the Light of My Presence shining on all your circumstances. Cultivate a thankful heart, for this glorifies Me and fills you with Joy.
1 Corinthians 10:10 10And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
Hebrews 12:28-29 28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29for our “God is a consuming fire.”
Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young