What Do You Have To Say?

"Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks," so the Bible says.   What's your heart full of?  Is it gratitude...or a bad attitude?  

As a chaplain, my primary skill is to LISTEN to people talk.  If I just listen for an hour to somebody talk, I can pretty much tell you what's in their heart; what's most important to them; what they value or believe in; or whom they care most about.

Those who are merely "acquaintances" of the Lord tend to talk mostly about themselves.  Their conversations generally center on SELF.  SELF wants to be "the center of attention."  It's "all about themSELVES"...SELF wants to "sit on the throne" and have the Lord be servant and subject to their demands and requests.  Disguised as PRAYER, they order God to do this-or-that; or--they demand that He bless them with this-or-that!

They ROB themselves of a right relationship with the Lord.  Satan has deceived them to believe they have "the right" to all their requests and demands!  However, "satan comes to rob, kill, steal, and destroy---but God has come to give us a more ABUNDANT LIFE!"  [Paraphrased from John 10:10].  Anyone who puts SELF 1st receives counterfeit goods....made of "wood, hay, and stubble" rather" than "gold, silver, and precious stones"  [I Corinthians 2:8-17]

If you have an "Attitude of Gratitude," you'll surely have PLENTY...your life with OVERFLOW with blessings...you'll have an ABUNDANT life!