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Introduction
Driving to church and find barriers along the way because of a triathlon or other race.
It’s frustrating.
Transition: Today we’re going to talk about barriers to gratitude.
What is it that prevents us from being grateful?
1. Focusing on negative circumstances.
Numbers 21:1-6
2. Suppressing the truth.
Romans 1:18-23
This suppressing the truth we know!
When you know something from God and suppress it you can’t be thankful and begin a downward spiral.
3. Pride.
Luke 18:9-14
The Pharisee had misplaced gratitude.
You have to be humble to say “thank you.”
4. Idolatry.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
What is idolatry?
Loving anything more than we love God.
Looking to others, people, organizations, false gods, credit cards, the lottery, to solve our problems instead of God.
Loving the world and the things of the world is a barrier to gratitude.
1 John 2:15 tells us to not love the world or the things in the world. 2 Timothy 2 describes the things in the world, lovers of self, money, boastful, proud . . .
When you’re that way, you’ve put the world’s values in the place of God’s values and you can’t be grateful.
Definition of Ingratitude: forgetfulness of or poor return for kindness received.
Do you forget how good God is? Do you give him a poor return for His goodness in your life?
How could this be?
How could we let that happen?
Discussion Questions:
Which of these barriers is your greatest problem?
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