GMRC of A Christian
GMRC of A Christian
GMRC of A Christian
- In this series we are going to study the Good Manners and Right Conduct of a Christian.
- We may not cover all the necessary characteristics of a true Christian but definitely we will cover the
most basics characteristics that most of us are starting to forget.
- Nakakalungkot man isipin but nowadays we don’t have a define and absolute GMRC.
- Today Right Conduct depends on how you feel, and on your rights.
- PRD said something in His SONA that became famous...
- It seems PRD dichotomize Human lives and human rights, that is why some people is saying that is the
same, and you cannot separate it.
- The truth is though the Human rights and human lives can be in one person, but a person may not
understand the difference and effects of fighting for your rights, and fighting for your life.
- Most of us...
- Most people today talks about their rights and what they want to do that would make them happy but
very few would talk about how to live right!
- A person may fight for his rights to drink alcohol, or smoke weeds, or use drugs because that is his
rights as a person, the rights to do what he wants to do and choose what makes him happy, but the
question is, is that the right way to live your life?
- Or nagmahal ka ng tao, right mo yon to love and be inlove, but paano kung me asawa naman yong
naka inlovean mo, is that the right way to live your life?
- Your rights can actually endanger your life and others life!
- GMRC is about living the right way that would benefit you and others!
- In this series we will study four basic good manners and right conduct of a christians.
- It is acronym GMRC, Gratitude, Money, Responsibility and Courtesy
- Today we will study the power of gratitude.
A. Gratitude to God
- The truth is everything about us, in us, around us is from God and about God. That gave us a reason to
be thankful for him.
- Do we really appreciate God of his grace, mercy, goodness, his love and his gift for us?
- Gratitude is giving appreciation to everything he had done for us, so what are you doing now that
would prove your gratitude for God?
- That is why serving him, loving other people, and giving your time talent, and treasure are simple way
of our gratitude to him.
Story: Before I became a Christian I had a sensitive consciousness of God, but I cannot really remember
that I am really grateful of Him. We are poor, I had a hard time as a kid, I am most of the time bullied,
My family is not ideal, my parents always fight, and we and my siblings also fight most of the time. Maybe
I thank God is something really good happens to me but I cannot really remember when and what is all
about. I had this idea - God is true but he put me in a position of sufferings that I had no reasons to be
really thankful about the life he gave. Gratitude and thankfulness to God is for those who are fortunate
enough to have a good life. But since the time I encountered God, I understand his Gift of salvation, and
the more i grew in his words and love, I had this heart of being so thankful to him and the attitude of
giving gratitude to him by giving my life to him thru my worship, service, and giving to him.
- The simple truth that God is Love, and so good, that means nothing happens to us that will destroys or
defeat us as long as we remain in his love and goodness!
- The truth is nothing actually happens to us that we could qualify as evil or bad. In God everything
happens for a reason and for a purpose, God allows everything that people consider bad and evil
because God is doing something good for us!
Story: The Story of a man with a beautiful horse and one and only son.
- The bible did not only wants us to be thankful to him but also to the people around us.
- Number one is our parents, next is our family and then the people in the church.
- The sad reality today people today are did not have a sense of gratitude to their parents.
- Some actually even abused their parents by being irresponsible and still becoming a huge responsibility
by their parents at an age that they should be working.
- we should be thankful to them and to the people in the church.
- The bible taught us to be thankful and grateful to everything and everyone in our life.
- Sa totoo lang mas marami ngayon ng angalites and reklamites. Puro angal and puro reklamo.
- What we don't know is that ingratitude and ungratefulness can be powerful or dangerous to our whole
being.
- We will not discuss the negative effects of ungratefulness but let us look carefully the power of
gratitude.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls
blossom. Marcel Proust
"Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy." Fred De
Witt Van Amburgh
Being grateful and expressing your appreciation to others not only attracts people to you,
but unleashes the best in them - jce
Challenges
- Remember the Israelites during the time of Moses who are so ungrateful to everything that God did for
them and even to Moses who lead them, they all died tragically at the desert for this simple sin -
ungratefulness that leads to disobedient and contempt of God.
- If you want to have a radical change in your life, in your faith, in your relationship with people and of
God, start to be thankful, appreciate God and people around you, your leaders, your pastors, your
parents and your office mates and class mates.
- The world called this positivity and good vibes, we called this gratefulness and faith to God and man.
- Can we repent of all of our ungratefulness, and lack of appreciation of God and people who help us
discover God, encourage us, provide for us, being around us and start to have this kind of attitude of
being grateful?