Attitude of gratitude

1. Attitude of
Gratitude
Part - 2
By Kadhiravan, Marcus & Ranjit

2. Forces against
Gratitude Fight of a
THANKFUL
HEART
Pride
Greed
Hatred
Envy
Complex
Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions,
divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned
you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

3. Pride
Nebuchadnezzar
 Pride doesn’t allow us to accept that we may need help
 Can’t stomach someone is more capable than us to help
 Makes us fear that others will think of us as weak
 Makes us believe we know all
 Makes us take people for granted
Daniel 3:15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp,
pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I
made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into
a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”

4. Envy
 Envy makes us want to see someone fall from grace
 It won’t allow us to see the good in others
 We cannot accept help from someone we are envious of
 We will be busy trying to do bad without noticing any good that done to us
Brothers of JOSEPH
Genesis 37:12
Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near
Shechem, and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers
are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send
you to them.”
“Very well,” he replied.

5. Complex Inferior Feeling of SAUL
• Inferiority complex may make us act superior
• May ridicule good deeds
• We will try to find fault and fault alone
1 Samuel 18:7,8 As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his tens of thousands.”
Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited
David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What
more can he get but the kingdom? ”

6. Hatred
• Makes us focus only on the bad
• May not even notice any good deed
• We can interpret capability as
corruption
Haman hated Mordecai
Esther 3:5,6 When Haman saw that Mordecai would
not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged. Yet
having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he
scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead
Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s
people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of
Xerxes

7. Greed
• Our eyes get blinded to see good
• As we want to surpass the person under question, we may even interpret good as bad
• We may even purposely return bad for good
Absalom
2 Samuel 15:3,4 Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claims are valid and proper,
but there is no representative of the king to hear you.” And Absalom would add, “If only I
were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come
to me and I would see that they receive justice.”

8. Respect Is The Basis of Every Relationship
Respect and love yourself first.
1 Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought with a price. So
glorify God in your body.
Respect one another
1 Peter 2:17
Honour everyone. Love the brotherhood.
Fear God. Honour the Emperor
Everyone are equal in the eyes of the Lord
and we should treat each other like it.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek , there is
neither slave nor free , there is no male and
female , for you are all one in Christ Jesus

9. Key Takeaways
Always be calm and
collected and there will be a
solution to the problem
Take care of your mind and
body as it is Gods gift to us
Never reply when angry.
Never make a decision
when sad .
Never make a promise when
happy
4. Respect women as equal
people in the society.

10. What are the benefits
of being Thankful?
• Can experience greed and hatred turn to Love
• Obeying His will
• Progress to Eternal Life
• Experience the Fruit of the Spirit
1 Chronicles 16:34 "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his
love endures forever."
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness
and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

11. Thankyou!