Yeah, what's up. Welcome back to another episode of the Just Different Podcast,

where we talk everything, faith life and culture. I'm your host, Darren Starks.

And in this episode, I want to have a conversation centered around,

gratitude, and what it means to be content in every circumstance, no matter where

we're at in life.

This was inspired by a message that we actually got from Olivia Eubanks, and it says, I am from Dallas,ubanks and it says I am from Dallas Texas and my church home is

Social Dallas my pastor Robert Madu had a sermon called Thanks but no thanks in the sermon he

stated that a lot of us have entitlement and as you all mentioned

last week we could not be so prideful with the gifts that God instilled in us to where we forget the importance of gratitude

and Thanksgiving.

He stated that you will never be thankful for what you are entitled to.

I was like, wow, that's crazy because it's so true.

We have to remember that God is the ultimate Creator and he gave us a piece of him with our gifts.

So we cannot forget to give thanks.

He also mentioned, if the blessing is not received with humility, it will bless you with the sense of entitlement.

And this struck me because we have to realize anything that we receive or that's been placed in our life is from God.

And that extends past what he's instilled in us and goes into everything that he is placed around us, in the sense of the college that we were

accepted to the job offer that we got the house and or shelter that we're able to

live in the water that we have access to the food

that we're able to consume no matter what that looks like for all of us or each of

every one of us individually it it's all from him.

And there's a sense of gratitude that must come

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