Gratitude should be the only attitude

[Debp]

It's always important for us to be thankful to God for our many blessings, even things like seeing, walking, hearing, having food and shelter. If we have more than these things, one is truly blessed...such as being able to eat out or take a vacation.

I watched a video where people live in the mangrove slums of Bangladesh. Their homes are small wooden shacks. The toilet was unbelievable. It was a tiny, unstable wood structure which was reached by walking on a narrow pole high off the ground! It had an old cloth that you close to cover yourself as you squat! The debris drops down into the water....where these people fish for food to eat and sell!

Also during cyclones, their shacks are often washed away.

A Bangladesh guide had taken a Canadian to spend three days there. The Bangladesh guy kept saying "gratitude should be the only attitude" ... seeing how these people live made him realize his blessings.

 

[ShineTheLight]

The rich or elite people in society of this world have the money to help with the poor and needy. But they don't/won't. Instead they use their money on things that don't help the people.

 

[amigo de christo]

It's always important for us to be thankful to God for our many blessings, even things like seeing, walking, hearing, having food and shelter. If we have more than these things, one is truly blessed...such as being able to eat out or take a vacation.

I watched a video where people live in the mangrove slums of Bangladesh. Their homes are small wooden shacks. The toilet was unbelievable. It was a tiny, unstable wood structure which was reached by walking on a narrow pole high off the ground! It had an old cloth that you close to cover yourself as you squat! The debris drops down into the water....where these people fish for food to eat and sell!

Also during cyclones, their shacks are often washed away.

A Bangladesh guide had taken a Canadian to spend three days there. The Bangladesh guy kept saying "gratitude should be the only attitude" ... seeing how these people live made him realize his blessings.

Wanna hear a very similar story .
A certain group of american christains
had sent off to go evangelize as a great shining light to the poor
in south america .
They had talked about it for weeks before going and planned it out well .
What a zeal they had in their hearts
to go and get to south america and show these poor tribes the light of Christ .
So off they went .
Close to two weeks later they came back .
And told to others the story .
We had went to the poor to witness of them about Christ and to help them .
We were welcomed in by them .
They lived in shacks most folks would cringe to even have thought people could live in
They had so very little but what even what little they had
THEY offered to us as we sat at meat with them .
They talked of Christ , of the great wondeful gift of knowing Him .
Being able to serve Him . They had a joy within them .
And here we had went to witness to them
OF the light of Christ and quickly realized IT WAS WE who had lost out
It was we who were missing something . A JOY they had we did not have .
They came back renewed too and told the story .
Aint that something . I dont think most folks even realize the hope IN CHRIST
that sheep can have no matter what their circumstances are at all .
Ya best life now , YEAH RIGHT them folks selling that stuff
making the focus on postive messages , about gain
Got no idea what they have lost , let alone they are lost .
GOD has chosen the base things of this world to bring to naught things that are ........
THERE BE ONLY ONE we can boast in and have all hope in , THAT BE THE CHRIST of GOD .
Many are all infected with the cares and pleasures of this life
and it is choking the word right out of them .
Time we all take a nose dive right back into our bible
Because as you wrote , WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON OUR KNEES , THANKING and THANKING and PRAISING
GOD for the mercy of HIS GRACE that was given us IN CHRIST JESUS .
and yet many just rather bicker and whine cause they dont have the things of this world THEY THINK would make their life better .
FOLKS ALL WE NEED IS JESUS . IF anyone wants the true abundant life , HE IS WHOM WE NEED .
And whether we lack and suffer at times , WE KNOW we dont LACK
WE have ALL WE NEED IN CHRIST . HE is our hope , HE is our salvation . And its time
we get busy learning well about HIM .

 

[MatthewG]

It's always important for us to be thankful to God for our many blessings, even things like seeing, walking, hearing, having food and shelter. If we have more than these things, one is truly blessed...such as being able to eat out or take a vacation.

I absolutely agree. People that are in other cultures, are already use to what they have to live in and through, they even have the chance if they can accumulate the funds come to America if they wanted to.

This morning I seen Arnold Swartz, giving a speech, and he stated "We immigrants don't whine, we work hard to get where we want to be, whining is weakness."

I would agree with what he had stated, when he said this he mentioned before hand "He read where some Americans want to go and live in another country." He kind of laughed about it because he already knew what it was like having coming to America.

He stated "Whining is weakness, it doesn't pay your bills, or get you anywhere, so continue to work hard, because whining doesn't do anything."

When he said this there was a baby actually whining out in the crowd.

 

[amigo de christo]

The rich or elite people in society of this world have the money to help with the poor and needy. But they don't/won't. Instead they use their money on things that don't help the people.

And yet what if i told you
that is what the very elite , they who love all power , monies and control
WHO sold us redist of wealth , who sold us interfaith finding common ground
WHO under the guise it was for the poor , it was for world peace n safety
BUT IT WAS ALL A LIE meant only to merge all tribes , all religoins as one
RIGHT into a system they all think is so digitally good for them
and will take care of the poor and even can bring peace n safety to the world .
What if i told you ANTI CHRIST has been at work
What if i told you that many who say this is for the good of humanity
this is for the good of the poor
DO the working of that which is of anti christ
AND they dont care at all about the sheeples they use , the poor they claim too
THEY SIMPLY , as did JUDAS , whom JESUS called the SON OF PERDITION
HOLD THE BAG and simply keep what is put therein and in pretence
do all to build a we are one world , Under guise its for the peoples
BUT NO SIR , ITS FOR THEM . ALL POWER , ALL CONTROL
and these elites have no idea
satan is using them to simply BUILD THE KINGDOM OF THE BEAST
and to prepare the minds of this world , its religoins TO BUY THE LIE and to surrender to The beast
WE ARE BEING DECIEVED BY BOTH SIDES . SATAN has BOTH SIDES
And his men have infiltrated EVEN MOST ALL of CHristendom . WHEN the heck are the peoples gonna wake up .

 

[MatthewG]

The rich or elite people in society of this world have the money to help with the poor and needy. But they don't/won't. Instead they use their money on things that don't help the people.

My nephew says the same thing, but what is funny about it at least to me is that.

Regardless of what Rich people do... Yahavah can make a person rich or poor.

At least that was Hannahs outlook towards him, when she was blessed to have a son.

She said these words.

1 Samuels 2:
6 “The LORD brings death and makes alive;
he brings down to the grave and raises up.
7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth;
he humbles and he exalts.
8 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and has them inherit a throne of honor.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Christians can be rich, with all the money in the world. And when it comes to poor people you can help them out anytime you want.

Jesus stated "The poor will always be among you."

Be it poor in spirit, or poor in wealth, no matter what there will always be a state of poorness in the world.

 

[amigo de christo]

I want to make a general reminder .
This is not an accusation but rather the TRUTH .
And let us pray and examine ourselves concerning this my friends .
MANY CLIAM to have GRATITUDE to GOD
but sure seem to have ATTITUDE towards HIS WORDS in them scriptures .
SO i say way more GRATITUDE by loving and embracing ALL THINGS HE SAID
and RID the attitude of such hate against HIS WORDS of truth IN THAT BIBLE .

 

[Debp]

The rich or elite people in society of this world have the money to help with the poor and needy. But they don't/won't. Instead they use their money on things that don't help the people.

There are some wealthy people that do try to help others. Some do tell about it. But others that are Christians usually would keep silent about their good deeds.