0210 Be Content & Don't Complain

BE CONTENT & DON’T COMPLAIN

To be content you have to have clothes and food (1Timothy 6:8)

Complaining is expressing dissatisfaction with something or someone

The root of complaining is unbelief

Complaining kills (1 Corinthians 10:10)

Death comes as a result of complaining

First two complaining (no food and water) brought no judgment

Last four complaining (worthless manna, no meat, fear of entering land, Moses) brought fire, plague, rejection, and poisonous snakes

Complaining kills joy and worship

Wilderness can’t justify complaining

Hormones can’t justify for rape

Anger can’t justify for murder

Complaining focuses on what we don’t have instead of what we do have

Don’t look inward but outward in the time of trial

What will do when you find the fault?

Look to the cross not to the wound

Look to what the Lord is doing instead of what He is not doing

Complainers don’t see fulfillment of God’s promises

The closer Israel got to the promise land the less complaining they had

By looking at your complaining list you can determine how far you are from promise land

God is not moved by complaining but by faith

Once I get out from this problem then I will be content

Complaining chains you in your wilderness