TAKING GOD FOR GRANTED (1 OF 3)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:11-14
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Taking God for Granted (1 of 3)
Series: Hey, Thanks
Jim Perdue
Deuteronomy 8:11-14
*How many people in here would admit that they are forgetful? How many people don't remember if they're forgetful or not? I have to be honest with you. I am forgetful...at least I think I remember I'm forgetful! I'm the type of person that walks into a room to get something, then something else catches my attention, I take care of that and completely forget what I was doing in the first place. I guess, when I get distracted I can easily forget. I know I get this honest because my dad is forgetful too. We'll be talking about a conversation we had a week or so ago and amazingly he will have no memory of that conversation at all. Stephanie likes to call my forgetfulness ''selective memory.'' She says, ask him about the Georgia Bulldogs football season, how many wins David Greene had, who played linebacker in 1986 and he knows, but ask him to remember to pick up some milk at the grocery store and you're lucky if he does. It's true! And I'm not quite sure how to fix that.* As bad as I am at forgetting things I think there's a forgetfulness that's much worse. Spiritual amnesia can me much more damaging and dangerous. When we forget what God has done for us and we forget what He's asked us to do. When we forget what life is all about and start living for our own purposes and plans. When that happens, we've forgotten what's most important in life. We've begun to take God for granted. *I don't know if you've recognized this in our society, but we live in an entitlement culture. So many people feel like they deserve certain things that once you had to work for and earn. We see it with people depending on government or children's attitudes toward their parents. In my house growing up, my parents made it very clear that when I turned 16 years old I was not entitled to a car. I was fortunate to have one to drive that didn't belong to me at all, but was their car they were kind enough to ...
Series: Hey, Thanks
Jim Perdue
Deuteronomy 8:11-14
*How many people in here would admit that they are forgetful? How many people don't remember if they're forgetful or not? I have to be honest with you. I am forgetful...at least I think I remember I'm forgetful! I'm the type of person that walks into a room to get something, then something else catches my attention, I take care of that and completely forget what I was doing in the first place. I guess, when I get distracted I can easily forget. I know I get this honest because my dad is forgetful too. We'll be talking about a conversation we had a week or so ago and amazingly he will have no memory of that conversation at all. Stephanie likes to call my forgetfulness ''selective memory.'' She says, ask him about the Georgia Bulldogs football season, how many wins David Greene had, who played linebacker in 1986 and he knows, but ask him to remember to pick up some milk at the grocery store and you're lucky if he does. It's true! And I'm not quite sure how to fix that.* As bad as I am at forgetting things I think there's a forgetfulness that's much worse. Spiritual amnesia can me much more damaging and dangerous. When we forget what God has done for us and we forget what He's asked us to do. When we forget what life is all about and start living for our own purposes and plans. When that happens, we've forgotten what's most important in life. We've begun to take God for granted. *I don't know if you've recognized this in our society, but we live in an entitlement culture. So many people feel like they deserve certain things that once you had to work for and earn. We see it with people depending on government or children's attitudes toward their parents. In my house growing up, my parents made it very clear that when I turned 16 years old I was not entitled to a car. I was fortunate to have one to drive that didn't belong to me at all, but was their car they were kind enough to ...
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