Gratitude “Over-ride” Quiz:

Gratitude “Over-ride” Quiz: When you’re the boss, how do you respond when someone has a better idea than you?

Gratitude “Over-ride” Quiz: When you’re the boss, how do you respond when someone has a better idea than you? How do you feel when you are offered help on a project (that you really wanted to do by your self?)

Gratitude “Over-ride” Quiz: When you’re the boss, how do you respond when someone has a better idea than you? How do you feel when you are offered help on a project (that you really wanted to do by your self?) How do you feel when someone compliments you for a project or performance that didn’t meet your own standards?

Gratitude “Over-ride” Quiz: When you’re the boss, how do you respond when someone has a better idea than you? How do you feel when you are offered help on a project (that you really wanted to do by your self?) How do you feel when someone compliments you for a project or performance that didn’t meet your own standards? How do you respond when someone else does your work for you without asking?

Eucharist:

Eucharist: 23For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24and when he had given thanks (εχαριστήσας), he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me". ~1 Corinthians 11:23-24

The opposite of gratitude is entitlement!

The opposite of gratitude is entitlement! “Gratitude begins where your sense of entitlement ends.”

The opposite of gratitude is entitlement! “Gratitude begins where your sense of entitlement ends.” “Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.” ~Tacitus

“The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.” ~Charles Allen

Self-righteousness doesn’t even come from your “Self…” it comes from what we believe to be the “un-righteousness” of others

We are saved by grace through faith so that no one can boast.

We are saved by grace through faith so that no one can boast. Boasting ensures that all the benefits of gratitude, humility and teachability will remain out of reach.

4bIf someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. ~Philippians 3

7But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. ~Philippians 3

7But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. ~Philippians 3

Examining our “Gratitude Over-Ride:” ~Gratitude instead of comparing and competing. ~Gratitude instead of earning. ~Gratitude instead of self-righteousness. ~Gratitude instead of entitlement. ~Gratitude instead of superiority.