{"id":255,"date":"2014-05-06T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/without-grumbles\/"},"modified":"2014-05-06T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T10:30:00","slug":"without-grumbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/without-grumbles\/","title":{"rendered":"Without Grumbles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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)<\/em> I just wish some people would stop complaining about the things they agree to do. Let’s be honest, you are just as annoyed by the valiant complainers that just whine and moan about the things they do and the responsibilities they hold, as I expressed them. Except maybe you express your distaste for them in four letter, expletive ridden rants. Regardless of how much you hate hearing it from others, I’m also very sure I’ve heard your whining about doing something that took you out of your way. I know, its true. You’ve probably heard me complain profusely about things that I’ve agreed to do and are saying to yourself, “what a hypocrite.” But there’s a reason why I’m exploring this topic– it’s because we’re all guilty of grumbling and most of the time, we’re not aware of the blatant repercussions of that grumbling. The Apostle Paul says to the Church of Philippi, “Do all things without grumbling or disputing” because all those things you’re doing are works of God that is working your salvation within you. Let me expound on that. When we do and when we don’t complain while doing, we are setting up ourselves above everybody else. You see, the point I made earlier about hearing you complain and hearing me complain make us no better than anybody or people who do not have a grasp of the grace of God and salvation. So, here’s the lesson for today: when we are tempted to complain, then we should stop and give some thought to why we’re doing what we’re doing. When we reflect on the why, we find ourselves that there is no reason to complain. In fact, there is a joy that we don’t find at first glance. So, with all of that said, we must do without grumbling because in doing so, we are working out our salvation through our actions– that is to say that we are finding ourselves sanctified by our work in faith through Jesus Christ. Let us be without grumbles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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) I just wish some people would stop complaining about the things they agree to do. Let’s … Continue reading Without Grumbles<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nyhanmaum.org\/EM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}