Blast from the Past #4: Gratitude

I am certain that Kingdom disciples of Jesus must learn to graduate in attitude by growing in gratitude. It truly separates the effective disciples from the less-than-effective disciples. Consider this....don't you think that the Children of Israel would have had a much shorter journey in the desert if they had graduated in attitude by growing in gratitude? Wouldn't they have given Moses far less hassle? Don't you believe that they wouldn't have grumbled, groused, and griped if gratitude had gripped their lives? Wouldn't you say that they would never have made a golden calf if they had hearts filled with with the purified gold of gratitude to God? Don't you believe they would have run expectantly to the mountain of God's presence rather than avoid it, if their spirits were washed with wave after wave of gratitude? How about those ten spies....the challenges of taking the promised land would have been minimized in their eyes with gratitude towards a maximized God....it's not hard to see, is it? Compare and contrast the following passages on gratitude.  Luke 17:11-19; Luke 7:36-50; Col. 2:6,7  How would you apply to your life what you learned from these passages?

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