{"id":27426,"date":"2024-09-01T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=27426"},"modified":"2024-08-29T12:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:32:15","slug":"dont-assume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2024\/09\/01\/dont-assume\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Assume"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-27426-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Sept-1-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Sept-1-1.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Sept-1-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/mat.20.13\"><em><i>Matthew 20:<\/i><\/em><\/a><em><sup><i>13<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/mat.20.15\">&amp;15<\/a><\/i><\/sup><\/em><em><i>\u00a0\u201cHe answered one of them, \u2018Friend, I haven\u2019t been unfair! Didn\u2019t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? \u2026Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?\u2019\u201d<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/rom.12.19\">Romans 12:<sup>19<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0\u201c<em><i>Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, \u201cI will take revenge; I will pay them back,\u201d says the Lord<\/i><\/em>.\u201d Why do people take revenge? The only reason people take revenge is because they feel entitled. <!--more-->It is entitlement that gives birth to the \u2018abuse me and I abuse you back\u2019 mindset. Sadly, this is why these days children slap teachers because they feel entitled and because they know they will get away with it. They know that when daddy or mommy comes, that teacher will lose his or her job. Some children are even bold enough to say to their teachers, \u2018When my dad comes, you are gone!\u2019 In our days, when our parents show up, it is not the teachers but us that are finished.<\/p>\n<p>Please read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/mat.20.1-16\">Matthew 20:1-16<\/a>. I know it is a long read but it is so important that we get it in. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/mat.20.10\">Matthew 20:<sup>10<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0\u201c<em><i>When those hired first came to get their pay, <\/i><\/em><strong><em><u><b><i>they assumed<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><em><i>\u00a0they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day\u2019s wage<\/i><\/em>.\u201d (emphasis added). Why did they assume that they would receive more? It is because they felt entitled to more. I have seen this play out many times. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/mat.20.11-12\">Matthew 20:<sup>11-12<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0\u201c<em><i>When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, \u2018Those people worked only one hour, and yet you\u2019ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat<\/i><\/em>.\u2019\u201d They assumed they would be paid more because they had been there the longest. Entitlement always feeds on the assumption that you deserve more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/jhn.3.25-27\">John 3:<sup>25-27<\/sup>\u00a0<\/a>\u201c<em><i>A debate broke out between John\u2019s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing. So John\u2019s disciples came to him and said, \u201cRabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us.\u201d John replied, \u201c<\/i><\/em><strong><em><u><b><i>No one<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0can receive anything <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u><b><i>unless<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><b><i>\u00a0God gives it from heaven<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>.\u201d (emphasis added). In other words, if you kick against the one that has received favour from God, you are kicking against God who has chosen to favour him. It is so important that you take these scriptures and wrestle with them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/1co.4.7\">1 Corinthians 4:<sup>7<\/sup>\u00a0<\/a>\u201c<em><i>For what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn\u2019t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?<\/i><\/em>\u201d I am tired of seeing people who are doing well look down on other people and call them lazy. So, you think you are where you are because you are hardworking? Some of those people you are calling lazy work harder than you do. But they do not have the results that you have.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><b>Prayer<\/b><\/strong>: Father, please purge me completely of entitlement, in the Mighty Name of Jesus. Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 20:13&amp;15\u00a0\u201cHe answered one of them, \u2018Friend, I haven\u2019t been unfair! Didn\u2019t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? \u2026Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?\u2019\u201d &nbsp; Romans 12:19\u00a0\u201cDear friends, never take revenge. 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