Gratitude: THE GRUMBLE :mobile_phone:

Nov 23, 2025

Devotional

Day 1: Grumbling forgets God’s deliverance and distorts memory.

When hunger, exhaustion, or unmet expectations hit, Israel looked back at Egypt with rose-colored memories, accusing their leaders and, ultimately, God, of bringing them into the wilderness to die; in the same way, when your ‘belly rumbles’ today—stress at work, bills, or strained relationships—refuse the reflex to grumble and instead remember the Red Seas God has already split for you, because complaining says, “Your provision isn’t enough,” while gratitude says, “You brought me out, and You will feed me again.” [33:32]

Exodus 16:2-3 (KJV)
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Reflection: Before your next complaint today, stop and name two specific deliverances God has already done for you; how will you turn one current worry into a thank-you prayer before the day ends (and speak that gratitude aloud to someone)?

Day 2: Complaining displeases God and invites judgment.

Two years after daily manna and water, Israel’s continued complaints displeased the Lord, and fire burned the outskirts of the camp—a sober reminder that grumbling is not a harmless habit but a rejection of grace that can scorch our future and those around us; today, bring your needs to God without accusation, repent where complaint has taken root, and choose to thank Him for what He has already supplied. [44:07]

Numbers 11:1 (KJV)
And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

Reflection: What is your most repeated complaint this week, and will you commit to a 24-hour no-complaint fast—replacing each instance with one sentence of thanks and, if you’ve voiced it to someone, a brief apology to them today?

Day 3: Desire births sin; gratitude guards your heart.

Temptation does not come from God but from desires that lure and entice; if left unchecked, desire conceives sin, and sin grows up to bring spiritual death—powerlessness like Samson shaking himself without the Spirit—so meet temptation with gratitude-fueled trust, declaring God’s goodness, removing the bait, and enduring with the promise of life. [40:25]

James 1:13-15 (KJV)
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Reflection: Identify one temptation that regularly entices you; what three-step plan will you put in place today (remove one trigger, memorize and recite James 1:13-15, and text a prayer partner when it appears) so desire never gets to “conceive”?

Day 4: What overflows from the heart defiles us.

Jesus taught that what comes out of a person defiles them; when you behold frustration, envy, or anger, you become it, so guard your heart and your mouth—choose words and meditations that agree with God, because gratitude cleans the spring inside so that life-giving water flows out to others. [37:30]

Mark 7:20-23 (KJV)
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

Reflection: For the next hour, will you speak only words that build up and, if you slip, immediately pause to replace your last sentence with gratitude—what specific media, conversation, or thought-stream will you also shut off today to guard your heart?

Day 5: Your inner thoughts shape your life’s posture.

As a person thinks in the heart, so they become; a negative mindset drains the body and spirit, but steady meditation in God’s Word re-forms the mind into gratitude, shifting you from “Why me?” to “Thank You, Lord, for how You’re keeping me today.” [56:54]

Proverbs 23:7 (KJV)
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Reflection: Which one recurring thought keeps pulling you into ingratitude, and which Scripture will you write on a card (or phone screen) and meditate on for five minutes morning and evening this week to retrain that thought toward gratitude?

Sermon Summary

We opened our hands and our hearts to the Lord, asking Him to wash our minds, cleanse our lips, and heal our bodies, and then we turned our attention to a core discipleship issue: grumbling versus gratitude. Israel’s wilderness story shows how a complaining spirit subtly moves from discomfort to accusation—“You brought us here to die”—and how God answers their lack with mercy (manna and quail) while warning them that their complaints are ultimately against Him, not against leaders. I named the danger plainly: grumbling rejects grace. Gratitude remembers God’s provision and keeps our hearts soft toward His voice.

We looked at how ingratitude sits underneath many sins in Scripture—Cain’s offering and David’s coveting—and how even forgiven sin can seed consequences that outlive us. I shared a personal testimony about learning hard truths late in life and choosing not to become bitter. That choice matters, because we become what we behold; if we fixate on wrongs, we are formed by them. James says temptation doesn’t come from God; it comes from desires that we entertain until they conceive. That progression is slow, familiar, and deadly to intimacy with God, even if it never looks scandalous on the outside.

Israel had food, water, guidance—and still grumbled. The Lord answered, but He also burned the camp’s edge to show that complaint corrodes a people from the margins inward. I urged us to recognize the “why” spiral—why me, why now, why not them—as a form of living backwards. Gratitude is not pretending pain isn’t real; it’s refusing to let complaint define reality. So we practiced honest thanksgiving: for the rescue already given, for daily bread, for Spirit-given power to praise with shackles still on. Then we invited those far from Jesus to come home, and asked the Lord to renew an attitude of gratitude in the rest of us—so our inner life matches the glory He’s already placed within us.

Key Takeaways

1. Grumbling rejects God’s grace and care Our complaints don’t hover in the air; they land on Someone. In the wilderness, God made it plain—murmuring at leaders was really accusing Him of insufficient care. Gratitude interrupts that accusation by remembering His provision and welcoming His tests as training in trust. To grumble is to say, “Your manna isn’t enough”; to give thanks is to confess, “Your mercy meets me today.” [35:46]
2. We become what we behold Attention is spiritual formation. If we constantly behold offense, envy, or frustration, we are slowly shaped into those very things—and distanced from God. Guarding the heart means curating what has our gaze, because gaze becomes gravity. Aim your attention at grace, and your inner world will start to match it. [37:03]
3. Temptation begins within, not from God James traces temptation’s origin to our own desires that we entertain until they conceive. God isn’t setting traps; we are practicing imaginations. Name the desire before it names you, bring it into the light, and starve it with disciplined gratitude and obedience. Sin’s end is relational death long before it ever looks dramatic. [40:25]
4. Escape the “why” spiral with thanksgiving “Why me?” can sound honest, but it often keeps us stuck facing backward. Thanksgiving turns us toward what God has done, is doing, and will do—without denying present pain. It’s how we stop rehearsing lack and start recognizing provision. Gratitude restores perspective and returns us to forward motion. [49:21]
5. Praise even when shackles remain on Waiting to worship until everything is fixed leaves your heart at the mercy of circumstances. Praising God in constraint trains your soul to trust Him more than outcomes. That kind of worship loosens what binds you on the inside, often before anything changes outside. It’s warfare, not performance. [55:32]

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[00:00] - Welcome
[02:25] - Corporate prayer for cleansing
[07:20] - Announcements and giving spirit
[11:58] - Joyful offering testimony
[15:19] - Time for the Word
[16:38] - Scriptures: Exodus, Numbers, James
[21:20] - The Grumble: choosing ingratitude
[23:04] - David’s coveting and its scars
[31:17] - Israel forgets and murmurs
[35:22] - Complaints are against the Lord
[37:03] - You become what you behold
[39:59] - Temptation springs from our desires
[44:07] - God’s anger: fire at the camp
[49:21] - Breaking the “why” cycle
[64:24] - Salvation invitation and closing prayer

Bible Study Guide

Small Group Discussion Guide: Gratitude vs. Grumbling

Bible Reading (ESV)
- Exodus 16:2-3
“And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and the people of Israel said to them, ‘Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’”

- Numbers 11:1
“And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes, and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.”

- James 1:13-15
“Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.”

Observation Questions
- In Exodus 16:2-3, what are Israel’s exact words to Moses and Aaron, and how do they talk about Egypt? What picture of the past are they choosing to remember?
- In Numbers 11:1, where did the fire of the LORD burn, and what detail about the “outlying parts of the camp” stands out?
- According to James 1:14-15, what is the step-by-step path from desire to death?
- The pastor said the people’s complaints weren’t really against Moses and Aaron but against the Lord. Where did he show that from the text? ([35:46])

Interpretation Questions
- What does it mean to say “grumbling rejects grace”? How does complaint accuse God of not caring or not providing, even when he has provided “manna for today”? ([46:54])
- If “we become what we behold,” how could fixing one’s attention on offenses or envy slowly shape a heart away from God? What might that look like in a week of normal life? ([37:03])
- James says temptation comes from our own desires, not from God. How does that truth correct the way some people talk about “God testing me” when they are really entertaining certain thoughts? ([40:25])
- Numbers 11:1 shows fire at the edges of the camp. What might this picture say about how grumbling starts at the margins of our hearts or communities and works inward? ([44:07])

Application Questions
- Complaints land on Someone. Where have you been murmuring about a leader, a family member, or your situation, and how could you turn that moment into specific thanksgiving this week? Try writing one sentence of thanks every time you catch the complaint. ([35:46])
- Name one “why” you’ve been stuck in lately (“Why me? Why now? Why not them?”). What will you thank God for instead—today, this week, this month—to move forward? Be concrete: 3 things you will thank God for each morning. ([49:21])
- Attention audit: What are you beholding most—news, social media, an offense at work, someone else’s blessings? What is one thing you will remove for seven days and one grace-filled practice you will add (Scripture, worship, a gratitude journal)? ([37:03])
- Bring desire into the light: Identify one inner desire that keeps luring you (comparison, comfort, control, lust, resentment). Who will you tell this week, and what simple practice will you use to “starve” it (fasting, accountability, phone filter, serving someone)? ([40:25])
- Praise with shackles on: What current constraint (pain in your body, tight budget, strained relationship) will you choose to worship through this week? Pick a song, a Psalm, and a time each day to praise—before anything changes. ([55:32])
- Daily manna plan: Where have you been saying, “What I have isn’t enough”? What is one daily provision God has given (job, a meal, a friend, breath, Scripture) that you will name out loud and thank him for at dinner each night? ([35:22])
- Guard the edge of the camp: What “edge” habit in your life (late-night scrolling, gossip at lunch, small sarcasms) feeds grumbling? What boundary will you set this week to keep fire from spreading—specific time limits, conversation shifts, or a no-gossip cue word with a friend? ([44:07])

Sermon Clips

65s

“However, if we were to practice his words and actions off the screen, we would be far from anybody's favorite.But in reality, no one likes to spend time with a grumpy old complainer.We don't like that.No.Studies have shown that few things are more detrimental to your health than a bad attitude because our attitudes begin with a mindset.If our perspective is stuck in negativity, our body, our behaviors, our mental, our emotion, and even our physical health begin to take on this posture, a posture of negativity.Grumbling and complaining undermines the grace of God and poison our hearts.Let our focus be on gratitude and grace, not on the things we don't have, but on the things God has blessed us to have.”

61s

“The Bible is full of stories originating from a heart of ingratitude.Many and most of the disheartening stories in the Bible began with a spirit of ingratitude.Well, we're all familiar with Cain killing Abel.Both brothers offered a sacrifice unto God, but Cain's sacrifice was not accepted.Some want to know why.His sacrifice was unaccepted because he had an ungrateful spirit in him and God did not accept his ungrateful heart, which was an ungrateful sacrifice to him.Cain, with his ungrateful spirit, thought for sure that if I just kill my brother, that'll help me with my hurt pride, that'll help me get over, that my sacrifice was not accepted.And we all know that the first murder was when Cain killed his brother, Abel.”

53s

“No one likes to spend time with a grumpy old complainer. Studies have shown that few things are more detrimental to your health than a bad attitude because our attitudes begin with a mindset. If our perspective is stuck in negativity, our body, our behaviors, our mental, our emotion, and even our physical health begin to take on this posture, a posture of negativity. Grumbling and complaining undermines the grace of God and poison our hearts. Let our focus be on gratitude and grace, not on the things we don't have, but on the things God has blessed us to have.”

37s

“Ingratitude is the choice not to recognize good or kindness in our lives. It is the choice to take on the mindset and the spirit of grumpiness. You ever been nice to somebody and they never told you thank you? They never even smiled. They never ever told you, I appreciate what you did for me. They just keep on complaining. They just keep on fussing. They just keep on talking about what they don't have. The Bible is full of stories originating from a heart of ingratitude.”

40s

“Sometimes we may commit things. Let me just make it plain. We may commit sin. Go to God in true repentance. But the consequence, the seed that you planted will somehow sprout some roots. And you may suffer the consequence the rest of your days. And the worst thing about it, it might not even be you that suffer the consequences. Your children may suffer for something you did.”

41s

“Thank God that when I was told the truth, I had been saved long enough that I didn't get angry. I didn't cuss nobody out. I didn't say, I want nothing to do with y'all folks no more. Leave me alone. Because, see, some children do. Because the parents wait so long and keep telling the lie. It's very hurtful. And, see, parents think they're protecting the child. But I can tell you from my own experience, you're making it worse for the child. When they find out the truth, you need to tell them. It's the parents' job to let them know the truth.”

33s

“I put my arm around him and let him know that God still loves you. He's still, I don't, yeah, I know you're in a gang. You say you're doing all kinds. God don't care about that. He's concerned about you. So I would tell you that the slippery slope of sins originated from the sin of ingratitude with David and Cain. One philosopher said, of all the crimes that human creatures are capable of committing, the one most horrid and unnatural is ingratitude, when you're not thankful.”

50s

“Ingratitude begins in small ways and is often masked by other emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, making the spirit of ungratefulness a challenge to identify. However, though it may be one of the least apparent sins, it drives a costly price. I want us to examine Israel's ingratitude in the early days after they left Egypt. After 45 days of travel, Israel's resources began to dry up. The food was drying up. Water was drying up. Their patience with Moses was drying up. You know, they were getting hungry. They were exhausted. They're out in the desert.”

43s

“As they got hungry and tired and patience is thin. Then as their bellies began to rumble, their mouths began to grumble. Our scripture says, and the whole congregation of people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The sons of Israel said, would that we had died by the Lord's hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full. For you have brought us out into the wilderness to kill this whole congregation. They had gotten to the place that their physical needs were now replacing their joy in the Lord.”

38s

“Which says to God, your provision isn't enough. I'm going to go back to the people that had me in bondage. That was like you, like you saying to God, your Holy Ghost and your salvation isn't good enough. So I'm going back in the world of sin because at least there I could gamble and make some money. I could sell some dope and make some money. I could sell my body and make some money. Now that I come to you, I can't do none of that. And it's tight average paycheck. And I'm paying my tithes. And I'm paying my offerings.”

46s

“Moses takes this moment though as a teachable moment to them. And he lets them know that your attitude and your actions of complaining and grumbling is not against Aaron and myself. You are really complaining against the Lord. It is he that has brought you out. It is him that has kept you this far. And yet you want to grumble. See, that was their initial grumble. They complained. And so God said, I'm going to take care of them. But you got to be careful in complaining. Because if you're not careful, you become what you behold.”

38s

“If you behold anger, you become an angry person. If you become envious, you become a jealous person. If you harbor frustration, you're transformed into a fussy, quarrelsome person. And all these things will keep you from getting along with other people. The problem is, not only does it keep you from getting along with other people, it separates you far from God. That's why you got to guard your heart. And the early church leader, James, understood this well. And spoke of this in his letter to the early church.”

38s

“Sin is not just waiting for you. Sin comes and calls you. It knocks at your door. Sin is waiting for you to trip so it can catch you. Sin, sin is right there. Just as God says he's there, don't think sin didn't show up too. Don't think Satan didn't pop around the corner too. Don't think Satan has not accused you before God. You've been living so holy. So strong in the faith. The devil said, let me go to God about this one.”

36s

“The devil can't do anything to you unless he get permission. You being a child of God, he got to get permission. He can't just bogart you. He got to go to God and ask God, may I? Now, God knows where you are. He knows what's in you. Sometimes I never, maybe y'all never did that, but sometimes I say, God, why do I got to go through this? But God knew he put something in me that I can handle that. I don't know what's in me. That's why I got to go through it, because I don't know what's there.”

45s

“Desires tempt us to place faith in something else. And anything that draws you away from God is not good for you. Anything that takes you away from what God is saying to you leads you to spiritual death. The end of shall be death if you don't get it right. So now let's come back to Israel for a moment. I got to close real soon. After two years of the initial grumble, Israel is still a spiritual infant. But now under the guidance and instruction of the law that God gave, after nearly 800 days in the desert, with their daily provisions being met.”

38s

“God giving you manna. God's giving you bread. You didn't have to work. You didn't have to till the ground. You didn't have to water no plants in the hot sun. God gave you plenty of water to drink. In fact, one scripture I read said, even the sandals on their feet never wore out. And after all that, they had nerve to complain. And the Lord heard it. And his anger was aroused. God does get angry. See, sin makes God angry. That's why I said, Holy Ghost filled people. You ought to get angry at sin.”

37s

“Although their menu was always the same, living in the middle of a desert, Israel was never without food. Israelites would accept the food of God graciously, then turn around and complain and grumble. Y'all know how we are. You hate to give something to somebody, then they turn around in your face and tell you this gift ain't nothing but junk. Because that's what they were doing to the Lord. Telling him it was nothing. And he showed out his anger with fire around the camp.”

36s

“Moses highlights the grumbling nature of the Israelites. This sly grumble often held by its beholders was destroying God's new nation. And Moses understood it had potential to destroy even the people in the future. That's why you got to be careful. You can mess around and destroy your children's future. We don't want to do that. Moses knows, as James knew, that an attitude of ingratitude leads to sin that eventually pulls us away from the Lord. That it says we no longer trust him.”

40s

“Grumbling is the complete opposite of gratitude. To grumble and to complain is to reject the grace of God. Israel complaining surpassed their unmet physical needs. Their murmuring was a faithless act that insulted God. And insinuated that God's provision was not enough. Choosing to be ungrateful in their daily drop of food. Choosing to be ungrateful for the matter that was on the ground. Their desire was to go back to Egypt and die in slavery. Than to die as free men in the desert.”

51s

“I know it looks bleak for you, but God has not left you in that situation to die. He's provided a way of escape. What we got to do is not kill our weight of escape with our mouths. And our nasty attitudes and our discontentment, our fussiness, our gossip, our negative attitudes, our intolerance, our impatience, uncompromising, unwieldy. We don't want to humble the nobody. Even believers who are strong in faith can get weak and allow Satan's ungratefulness to slip in. And it will cause you to miss some blessings that God has before you.”

34s

“We've got to learn to be thankful for however the Lord has blessed you. Whatever God has given you. The children of Israel just made up in their mind they want to complain. They want to grumble. They'd rather be grumbling and complaining than being thankful for the blessings God has gave them. They were living our life living backwards. See, when you start complaining and grumbling, you miss the blessing. You're actually going backwards then. You're not getting the full blessing God has for you.”

33s

“The reason they wound up being, looking backwards and living backwards is they got stuck in the why. What is the why? The why is continually asking God, why me? Why do I have to suffer this one, Lord? Why, Lord, did they hurt my feelings? Why, Lord, did they curse me out? Why is it, Lord, they never put me on the program? Why is it, Lord, they never give me an offering? The church never tells me thank you. They never let me do anything. It's always why, why, why, why.”

45s

“When you get stuck in the why mean, you'll find yourself living backwards. Instead of living looking forward and accepting the blessings that you have, you'll find yourself talking about what you don't have. You'll find yourself looking at other folks. And you'll start coveting what they have. I like that dress. I want it. I like that. Oh, look at them shoes. I'm going to get them shoes. She got a nice husband. I'm going to take him. I can show her she ain't all that. Brother's talking about you don't even look like a heat man.”

33s

“The posture of grumbling does not even have the final say. God's grace surpasses grumble. He is gracious to forgive and to answer all our questions and to guide us through the tough times. He is a God that will be with us even in our complaints. Even when we don't understand. And I'm here to tell you, you don't have to move a mountain to get a gratitude of an attitude of gratitude. What you got to do is open up to the Lord.”

37s

“All of my life, God has been good to me. There ought to be a witness that you know that God has been good to you all of your life. He didn't just start being good yesterday. But even when you didn't love yourself, God still loved you and he still kept you. He bought you from a mighty long way. I heard somebody say that God had to reach way down just to pick me up. Some of us were so low that we had to look up just to see the bottom.”

37s

“But thanks be to God. Look at us today. We're blessed today. We got on fine clothes. We're smelling good. We're driving nice cars. Money in the bank and money in your pocket. Your children are doing well. Family is doing all right. We have so much to thank God for, but don't get like the children of Israel who decided that that's not enough. Lord, I'd rather go back to where I was. What do you mean go back? I don't want to go back.”

41s

“I don't want to go back where my soul was on its way to hell. I don't want to go back to where if I died, I'd been lost. I don't want to go back to where I couldn't take nothing. I don't want to go back to where I lied, made up stuff. I don't want to go back to where I made up a fight. Oh, you hadn't done nothing. I just want to fight. So I tell a lie on you. Go up to somebody. I heard you were talking about me. I lied because they hadn't said a thing about me. I don't want to go back to that.”

37s

“I thank God that he blessed me to live a good life. Has he blessed anybody in here that you got a good life? I didn't say it was perfect. I didn't say every day the sun's shine. I didn't say every day that you didn't have some mountains that you had to speak to. Oh, I know you might have even climbed a few mountains. That was before you found out that you had the power locked in you to speak to that mountain. Get on out of my way, mountain. Mountain, you got to move. You got to go.”

43s

“Why have the mountain got to move? Because Jesus shared some power with me. He had the keys of death and hell in his hand. And he turned around, gave the keys to the church. Well, thank God, the church isn't the building. But the church is a body of baptized believers. In other words, you are the church. The church is in you when you're going to stand up, church, and be counted as the church. And you got the power to tell Satan, get on out of here, Satan. The Lord rebuked you. There's no room for you, Satan.”

42s

“You got to learn how to dance with the shackles on. The shackles hadn't come off. But I'm still praising him. I'm still in trouble. Don't see my way out. But I'm going to still praise him. My body is wracked with pain. But I'm going to still praise him. I like what the old saint said. That if I couldn't say a word, I would just wave my hand. Sometimes you just got to wave your hand. Wave your hand and say, here am I, Lord. I believe your word. I am healed. I am delivered. I am set free.”

42s

“Sometimes you got to talk to yourself. You got to do like David and encourage yourself. Don't wait for somebody else to pat you on the back. Don't wait for somebody else to give you the approval to believe that you are who God said that you are. You don't need somebody else to confirm who you are in God. All you got to do is believe the word. Get it down in your heart so that it'll change your actions, change your mind. See, if you get your mindset changed, your actions will start changing. Your heart will start changing.”

39s

“If you get your mindset changed, your actions will start changing. Your heart will start changing. That's why you have to meditate in God's word day and night. And what that really means is be consistent. You can't pick and choose. You can't help and stop and jump along the way. Where I studied the Bible Sunday morning, I don't need to look at the Bible till next Sunday morning. I pray Sunday morning. I don't need to pray till next Sunday morning. Let me tell you something. What little salvation you got, you're going to find it going away because you're not feeding the salvation.”

44s

“You got to feed what's in you. You got to feed the word. You got to feed the spirit. See, you got to keep that thing going. See, even the alcoholic knows. He got to feed his alcohol. I know that's a bad example. But even he knows that they got to feed that hunger. It's a demon. And the demon gets them, so they got to feed it. I've seen people. I used to play basketball with a guy. I played high school basketball in ninth grade. We had a guy on the team. He could barely make a layup. But let him get drunk.”

53s

“We as believers have got to be thankful for what we got. But what do you have? Does anybody have Jesus? Have you got Jesus? See, if you got Jesus, he's your everything. If you got Jesus, he's your battle axe. If you got Jesus, he's your shield and your buckler. If you got Jesus, like one of our members, maybe two, you got that sword. You got a physical sword. So if you got Jesus, you got the sword. You got Jesus. You got everything you need. He is the embodiment of God himself.”

40s

“The power that shaped the universe. The stars and the skies hung the moon and the sun. The power that tells the sun when to go down and when to come back up. The sun tells the moon, you got to hide. Because the sun is shining brighter. But there's another sun that shines brighter than the S-U-N. That's the S-O-N. The sun of God. His glory is so bright. The glory of God is so bright. That in heaven, we won't need Duke energy. In heaven, you won't have to flip the switch to get light.”

44s

“When we look at you, we ought to be able to see the glory of God. We ought to see the reflection of God. When you look in the mirror, you ought to see what God has transformed you into. Well, how do I get transformed? The word of God. You got to get that word. Get it up here. It'll unlock itself in the heart. You'll get it in the heart. And then it'll show itself on the outside. Because what's on the inside will work its way on the outside. Has anybody been changed? Have you been changed? And if you've been changed, you know the goodness of the Lord.”

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