A thought by Craig Groeschel from his book, Altar Ego: Becoming Who God Says You Are (p. 145). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) I never thought about that. But it is true, isn’t it? Craig goes on, “These attitudes reflect the false belief that we don’t deserve bad but we do deserve good.” Think about how we whine and gripe when things are going bad and even how we talk to God during bad times. But then Craig brings us back to the truth. He says, “Remember, all we really deserve is hell. If you’re a Christian, Christ has saved you from the pit of your sin. You’ve been filled with the Spirit of God. You’re adopted into God’s eternal family. Your life is not your own. You were bought with a price — the blood of Jesus shed for you on the cross.” And we need to constantly be reminded of that fact, don ’t we ? Craig is dealing with gratitude in this section and earlier he said, “ When you dig up the roots of enti
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