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Introduction: Tonight we begin a new series called “Zip it!”
The title for tonight’s message is “Containing Complaining.”
Real quickly, I’d like to ask all of you a question: how many of you would say honestly that you complain often?
Raise your hand if that is you.
Now, some of you at this moment, are sitting next to a complainer who did not raise their hand.
If you would like to complain about that, go ahead and raise your hand!
The truth is, that it is incredibly easy for us to slip into a mode of finding the negative things in life and complaining about them, rather than searching for the good things.
I remember a story I once heard about a lady who was characterized as being very, very negative.
She’d complain about absolutely everything.
This lady, one time, went to the grocery store, and she was complaining because they only sell a whole head of lettuce.
And she said, “I’m a single lady.
I can’t eat all of the lettuce that goes bad.
I demand that you sell me a half a head of lettuce.”
And the worker there said, “We can’t,” and she threw a fit.
So finally, the worker went back and was cutting the head of lettuce in half.
One of his buddies said, “What in the world are you doing?”
He said, “Oh, some old bag who’s just a pain like you would not believe wants to buy a half a head of lettuce.”
Then he looked up and saw that lady right by him, and he said, “And this fine lady would like to buy the other half of that head of lettuce.”
I remember an incident from my life, when I was working at Eckerd Drug.
A customer had come up to the register to make some purchases and had some ice cream.
She said to me “Oh honey, be a dear, I grabbed the wrong flavor could you go get me chocolate?”
Being that I was a customer service professional, I immediately went to the ice cream section and returned with a gallon of Edy’s chocolate ice cream.
“No I wanted Hagen-Dazs!”
She said as I approached the register.
Annoyed, I turned back around and got her the Hagen-Dazs brand.
I rang her up for her purchases, and held back my complaints.
I turned to my coworker Tessa and said “AHH!
I hate customers like that!” Suddenly I felt a sharp kick in the leg from Tessa.
This was her less than subtle way of letting me know the customer was still standing near the register.
OH NO!
“Gee Mike, what do you mean?” she said.
I scrambled to find words to undig this hole I was in.
“Oh… um…this lady earlier… she wanted to make a return without a receipt.
Imagine that… Have a nice day ma’am!”
If you are like me, it is so easy to slip into a mode of complaining.
We find fault with everything and everyone.
We complain about big things.
We complain about small things.
Tonight we are going to talk about containing our complaining, and we’ll start with scripture from Philippians 2:14-15.
Philippians 2:14-15 “Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation…”
The Bible says to do how much?
Everything without complaining or arguing!
Why should we do everything without complaining?
Verse 15 says, “So that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and a depraved generation.”
Say it out loud.
The Bible says to do, “Everything without,” what?
Say it out loud, “Do everything without complaining or arguing.”
Now, why should we do everything without complaining?
Verse 15 says, “So that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and a depraved generation.”
This is week number one in a multi-part study where we will examine our words, but don’t miss this.
The words are only a symptom of the real issue that takes place in our heart.
The heart is the main issue.
Our key thought for this study is this:
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The words that we speak reveal the condition of our heart.
a. Matthew 12:34-37 “…For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
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Take a closer look at verse 36.
“But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.”
i. Can you imagine how long some of those meetings might be?
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I’m glad that Jesus has saved me and wiped the slate clean, because I said a lot of careless and hurtful things before I knew HIM
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