Chronic complainers are almost impossible to help. You can never satisfy them but they won\u2019t let you stop trying, so you end up feeling trapped. Once you get a reputation as a chronic complainer, people avoid you like the plague, and you end up feeling lonely and unappreciated. And chances are you\u2019ll never really understand why! <\/p>\n
Attitudes don\u2019t just happen\u2014you choose them. Paul writes, \u2018Rejoice in the Lord always.\u2019<\/i> (Philippians 4:4 NKJV) Joylessness is something many church folks are prone to indulge in, and it\u2019s usually not the kind of problem that gets you thrown out of the choir or removed from the church committee. The psalmist writes, \u2018This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm 118:24 NKJV) Notice that he doesn\u2019t say, \u2018Yesterday was God\u2019s day, how happy I was then,\u2019 or, \u2018Tomorrow will be God\u2019s day, I\u2019ll endure until then.\u2019 <\/p>\n
No, this<\/i> day is a gift from God! Complaining is often self-centred; it\u2019s about what you<\/i> like and don\u2019t like. It is self-focused. Real joy is a choice. It comes to those who devote themselves to something greater than their own happiness. There are decisions you get to make every day, like what you eat, the clothes you wear\u2014and the attitude you project. Paul was in prison with no hope of release when he wrote, \u2018Rejoice in the Lord always.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n
His circumstances<\/i> didn\u2019t dictate his joy, his focus<\/i> did! And the same goes for you. \u2018Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God\u2019s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.\u2019<\/i> (1 Thessalonians 5:16\u201318 NLT) So today choose joy! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chronic complainers are almost impossible to help. You can never satisfy them but they won\u2019t let you stop trying, so you end up feeling trapped. Once you get a reputation as a chronic complainer, people avoid you like the plague, and you end up feeling lonely and unappreciated. And chances are you\u2019ll never really understand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}