Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe God has amazing

things in your future. I hope you enjoy this message.

I want to remind us all today to not be complainers and fault finders. Oh man, really?

We don't need to be complainers and fault finders. See, it's easy to see what's wrong in a situation.

It's easy to see what could be done better. You know, naturally, we tend to look at the negative.

Just our natural minds tend to always gravitate to the negative. And it causes us to find fault.

But we don't want to be complainers and fault finders because we know that it doesn't please God.

You know, we're all guilty of this. I'll be the first one to raise my hand, okay?

Because sometimes it feels good to complain. You get it off your chest. You're just venting.

It feels good. Why do we complain? That's one reason. It feels kind of good sometime, okay? Let's just get real about it.

We've all thought, all right, just get it off my chest and then I'll be okay.

Or we think, or I think, sometimes if I complain, I can change the situation. I'll go to Joel and I'll tell him why this isn't right.

And why we shouldn't do it this way. Because I think I'm going to change the situation, right?

But you don't change a situation by complaining, by finding fault. You usually make the situation worse.

Like I said, we can all think these thoughts of how we could do it better.

But we've got to learn that we don't have to give life to these thoughts.

You see, when we give life to these negative thoughts, we create a more negative environment.

We not only pollute ourselves with this negative environment, but we pollute other people.

We cause them to begin to think negative thoughts. It's as if it can spread if we're not careful.

No one wants to be around a complainer. No one wants to be around a fault finder.

We don't either. So let's watch what we're saying. Even though it may feel good for a time,

have we ever stopped, stepped back and thought, but is it doing us any good?

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