Try a 12-hour no-complaining challenge and discover how gratitude can reshape your thoughts, strengthen your faith, and help you trust God through difficult moments. Find encouragement in Exodus 14 and Romans 8:18—and keep trying until thankfulness becomes a habit.
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The moment you stop being grateful, you put yourself on Satan's wavelength and become vulnerable to his attacks. Satan wants you to complain because that's one sure way of making sure you'll turn away from God. Decide to be thankful. Here's a challenge for you. Make up your mind that for 12 consecutive hours, you won't complain. Don't allow any gripes or murmurs to enter your words or your thoughts. No matter what happens, say to yourself, all things work together for good. You might be surprised at the result and sudden fantastic change in your life.
So, I would suggest people take the party and challenge. 12 hours, don't complain. Mentally, physically, don't complain. In all probability, you may find this challenge rather hard to meet because complaining could very well be part of your daily life, a routine you follow consciously or not. But if you try it, force yourself to try it.
Set your mind, your eyes, your thoughts on the ultimate goal, on the purpose of your existence, on the opportunities you'll have in God's kingdom to help and serve. Discard from your mind any thoughts that might be a hindrance to your resolution. Like a friend who-- my friend who was blind, feel what you cannot see and be thankful and joyful for what you do have. If you don't succeed the first time, try it again until you succeed. Then make a habit of it. God Himself will give you the help you need. The promise He made to the ancient Israelites applies to you.
Fear not, stand firm, see the salvation of the Lord, which He will work with you for, for you today. The Lord will fight for you, you-- and you only have to be still. He cites, uh, Exodus 14 on that. What more encouragement do you need? God will fight for if you stop complaining and only express gratitude.
Then you will fully grasp the deep meaning of Paul's words. For I reckon that sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed in us, Romans 8, verse 18. This is from Debara Pardian's article, uh, The Most Common Sin. Are you guilty?
Now, God only knows what the most, uh, uh, common sin is. But in a sense, uh, it certainly could be ingratitude, 'cause ingratitude, uh, is, is, is something im-actually important. It's so important that it could, could lead to the unpardonable sin. Uh, unpardonable sin is blaspheming the Holy Spirit, not being thankful for the opportunity God's given you and not being unwilling to repent when you have the opportunity. Those who are ungrateful are subject to the unpardonable sin.
If you're grateful, it's almost im-- I'm not sure how you could give-- commit the unpardonable sin if you're grateful to God. I don't think it's possible. So you wanna make sure you don't commit the unpardonable sin? Be grateful.
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