A 12-Point Cure for Complaining

Mark Clifton, Mark Hallock, and Dan Hurst discuss a few lessons they’ve learned from Christian Communicators Worldwide on the problem of complaining—and how Scripture offers us its cure.

Some Highlights:

1. God commands me never to complain.
2. God commands me to give thanks in every circumstance.
3. God commands me to rejoice always, especially in times of trial.
4. I always deserve much worse than what I am suffering now; in fact, I deserve hell.
5. In light of the eternal happiness and glory I’ll experience in heaven, this present trial is brief and insignificant, even if it were to last a lifetime.
6. My suffering is far less than that which Christ suffered, yet He did not complain.
7. To complain is to say God is not just.
8. Faith and prayer exclude complaining.
9. This difficulty is being used by God for my good, and it is foolish for me to complain against it.
10. Those more faithful than I have suffered far worse than I and have done so without complaint.
11. Complaining denies that God’s grace is entirely sufficient for me.
12. The greatest suffering—the worst trial or difficulty—can never rob me of that which is of greatest value to me and my great joy: namely, the love of Christ.

Resources Related to This Episode:

• “A 12-Point Cure for Complaining” by Bill Izard