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Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. NLT

Exodus 14:11
They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? NIV

Exodus 14:12
Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” NIV

Exodus 16:8
You’re not grumbling (complaining) against us but against the Lord. NIV

What do you complain about the most?

Complaining problem: We take our eyes off the goodness of God and focus on ourselves

Paul could be tempted more than anyone to complain

Philippians 2:14
Do everything without complaining (grumbling) and arguing, 15 so that no
one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. NLT

Repeated complaining hard wires our brain to complain more

If you can change your circumstances, then do something

If you can't change your circumstances, then change your perspective

Philippians 2:17
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and
service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18 So you too should be glad and rejoice with me. NIV

Even if I'm being poured out like a drink offering, I am still glad, and I rejoice.

Spendo

Spendo: poured out in the present

Romans 12:1
offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. NIV

Philippians 1:12
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. NIV

Philippians 1:13
As a result, it's become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to
everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.” NIV

Romans 8:28
God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. NLT

What are you chained to?

Exodus 16:8
You’re not grumbling (complaining) against us, but against the Lord. NIV

1 Thessalonians 5:18
Whatever happens, give thanks, because it is God's will in Christ Jesus
that you do this. GWT. (Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. NIV)

Philippians 2:17
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering.... NIV

"Even if”

Philippians 2:17
I am glad and rejoice with all of you. NIV

When Jesus is the center of your story, it changes how yours is told

Psalm 103:2
Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me. NLT