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Of All the Things You Wear, Your Expression is the Most Important
Attitude - An outward expression of an inward feeling.
The good news is that we can choose our attitude.
Illustration: Two construction workers were taking their lunch break.
One of them opened his lunch box and said, “ Boloney sandwich again?
This is the fourth time this week I have had a boloney sandwich.”
His buddy said, “Just ask your wife to fix you something different.”
“Wife?”,
I fixe my own lunch.”
replied his friend.
POINT: The fact is , most of the boloney in our lives, we have put there ourselves.
Story of the Prodigal Son & the Attitude of the Brother.
Is it possible for us, as Christians, to have the “elder brother” attitude concerning others?
Three Possibilities:
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It is Possible For Us To Assume the Place and Privilege of a Son While Refusing the Obligations of a Brother.
The older son had outwardly done the right things.
He had worked hard, served his father, never gave the family any problems.
He didn’t run away from his responsibilities, etc.
BUT…His attitude was wrong.
Everything was okay on the outside but the inward wrong attitude toward his brother eventually portrayed itself.
NOTE: His wrong attitude led to a wrong relationship with his brother and his wrong relationship with his brother brought a strained relationship with the father.
2. It Is Possible to Serve the Father Faithfully yet Not be in Fellowship with Him.
A right relationship will usually cultivate similar interests and priorities.
The older brother had no idea why the father would rejoice over his son’s return.
How many people serve God but don’t have the same priorities or interests as God.
Many people serve Jesus but don’t have a relationship with Him.
Their interests and priorities are different.
Even as a young child Jesus said to his parents...
If we are going to have the same priorities and interests as Jesus, we must be in a right relationship with Him and not just serve Him.
3. It Is Possible To Be An Heir of All Our Father Possesses Yet Have Less Joy and Liberty Than the One Who Possesses Nothing.
Luke 15:26-27
The servants, who own nothing, were happier and rejoicing more than the older brother, who had everything.
The servants, who own nothing, were happier and rejoicing more than the older brother, who had everything.
They ate, laughed, and danced while the older brother stood on the outside demanding his rights.
APPLICATION:
When our attitude begins to erode like the older brother’s, we should remember two things:
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Our Privilege:
31) “His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me,
2. Our Possessions:
31) and everything I have is yours
Conclusion
A wrong attitude kept the elder brother away from the heart’s desire of the father, which was the love for the brother and also the joy of the servants.
Wrong attitudes in our lives will block the blessings of God and cause us to love below God’s potential for our lives.
Illustration:
Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation's deserts.
All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for.
They thrive on that diet.
But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals.
Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of desert plants.
The vultures live on what was.
They live on the past.
They fill themselves with what is dead and gone.
But hummingbirds live on what is.
They seek new life.
They fill themselves with freshness and life.
Each bird finds what it is looking for.
We all do.
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