No Grumbling & Mumbling

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Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world … Philippians 2:14-15

This past week Dr. Tony Hart, Senior Pastor of Montco Bible Fellowship and President of the Grand Old Gospel Hour was our morning Bible teacher at America’s Keswick. I want to encourage you to visit our website and either download the messages to your media device or watch the video archives.

Tony Hart, Robert Hayes, me, Dave Epstein

Our evening speaker, Dr. David Esptein, remarked to Tony at the dinner table that he would be only a little more direct in his messages, he’d be a very forceful preacher. That was tongue in cheek humor, because Dr. Tony doesn’t beat around the bush.

I thought of that when I put in the memory verses for this week (Practice to Remember) and chuckled that Scripture doesn’t give us much wiggle room when it comes to how we should live.

This week’s short memory verse states very clearly that in whatever we do, we should do it without “grumbling or disputing.” Not some, not what I choose, not when I feel like it – it states very clearly that grumbling and disputing should not be a part of our “M.O.”

Paul gives the reason why – so we “may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among who you shine as lights in the world …”

We, the children of God, in every context of life, could shine brightly by taking to heart this exhortation. I talk with lots of CEO’s of other organizations. So many are frustrated because their employees grumble and complain about everything.

And if we are honest, we see it in the church. We live is this culture where everyone wants what they want when they want it and how they want it. We grumble about the music. We grumble about the Pastor. We grumble about this and that …

But what if we would cease from the grumbling and disputing and shine as light in a dark world. Seems to me that we could see revival break out – or at least a bunch of people begin to question what makes you tick!

Purpose today not to be a mumbling grumbler and let your light shine! – Bill Welte is President & CEO of America’s KESWICK

Team YOU: Psalm 16-17; Proverbs 16; Acts 20:1-16

Motivations: Even to ourselves come afflictions that we cannot understand, and Satan seems so busy in the matter that it is hard to trace the hand of the Lord in it at all. But His hand is in it nevertheless, and He overrules everything. No trial comes except by His permission and for some wise and loving purpose which perhaps only eternity will disclose. Hannah Whitall Smith

Practice to Remember: Level 1:Philippians 2:14-15; Level 2: Philippians 2:12-18

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