459: Entitlement Isn't Faith. Gary Thomas Confronts the Lie of This Age, the Distraction of the Soul, and the Hidden Roots of Bitterness and Offense
Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness
Christopher Cook
4.9 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
We want God to come through, but on our terms. We demand ease, favor, instant breakthrough, and validation, and when those expectations aren't met, we call it a trial. But what if the real trial is our refusal to lay down our entitlement? This week on Win Today, bestselling author Gary Thomas pulls no punches. He exposes the modern lie that faith means personal fulfillment, that comfort means favor, and that hardship means failure. And he shows how distraction is more than a bad habit—it's a spiritual breakdown. Because when the soul loses its focus, bitterness, offense, and relational dysfunction are not far behind. If you've ever felt spiritually entitled, subtly bitter, or confused about why you're still offended by things you "moved past," this conversation is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.2 | Get away from what our culture says. |
| 0:04.9 | Get away from what at least half of the people on TV are preaching at you. |
| 0:08.8 | Okay, just if you take scripture on its face value, here's what scripture says we can and should expect. |
| 0:15.2 | Just because we trust in God doesn't mean he snaps his fingers and temptation is gone. |
| 0:22.6 | Helping you design your roadmap to wholeness from the inside out. |
| 0:27.6 | This is Win Today. |
| 0:30.8 | And now, here's your host, Christopher Cook. |
| 0:35.1 | Hey, you guys, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | Thanks so much for hanging out with me this week. I'm glad |
| 0:39.4 | you're here. Listen, if you're anything like me, we say we trust God. And listen, we do. I love the Lord |
| 0:48.8 | so much. And every day, I'm like, Lord, I give outcomes to you. I give the circumstance to you. |
| 0:56.0 | Lord, give me wisdom because I have no idea what to do. |
| 0:59.3 | But I think really deep down, what we want is control. |
| 1:04.7 | We want to control the outcome on our terms. |
| 1:08.8 | At least I do. |
| 1:12.8 | And when things don't go our way, what happens? We take matters back into our terms. At least I do. And when things don't go our way, what happens? |
| 1:14.8 | We take matters back into our hands. |
| 1:17.3 | We're like practical atheists, |
| 1:22.5 | acting and living as if he's not superintending the issues of our lives. |
| 1:23.7 | We're like, yep, I've got it. |
| 1:29.6 | And even worse, you guys, sometimes as a result of outcomes we don't like, and timing we deem inefficient and too long, we get bitter and carry offense. Okay, at least I do. And watch this. |
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