3. SERIES KEY VERSE & THOUGHT How we live out our faith will determine how God will bless and use us. 2 Peter 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue…

4. definition of Ingratitude: Forgetfulness of kindness received Num. 14:11-12 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? And how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them… Num. 14:27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against Me?

5. definition of Ingratitude: Forgetfulness of kindness received Deut. 28: 47-48 “Because you serve not the Lord your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore shall you serve your enemies which the Lord shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he have destroyed you.”

6. definition of Ingratitude: Forgetfulness of kindness received Luke 17:11-13 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" Luke 17:14 When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed.

7. definition of Ingratitude: Forgetfulness of kindness received Luke 17:15-18 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him, and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

8. UNGRATEFUL MINDSET I WANT IT NOW! Luke 15:11-12 There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.'

9. UNGRATEFUL MINDSET I WANT IT NOW! Luke 15:29...Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. I DESERVE MORE!

10. UNGRATEFUL MINDSET I WANT IT NOW! I DESERVE MORE! AREAS OF UNGRATEFULNESS A. Material or financial B. Relational C. Circumstantial

11. KEY TO BEING GRATEFUL BLESSINGS ARE PRAISE REMINDERS UNPRAISED BLESSINGS ARE PRIDE BUILDERS Philippians 4:11-13 I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation... I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

12. KEY TO BEING GRATEFUL BLESSINGS ARE PRAISE REMINDERS UNPRAISED BLESSINGS ARE PRIDE BUILDERS Ecclesiastes 6:9 Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. Proverbs 15:15-16...the cheerful heart has a continual feast. Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.