UNGRATEFULNESS
Num. 16:8-10 For what were
the Levites (i.e., the priests’ helpers)
and the 250 leaders of
How did God punish them for their ungratefulness,
vss. 31-35?
Do
you ever express your ungratefulness to God for the position or spiritual gift
He’s given you by wanting someone else’s leadership position or spiritual gift,
and why?
Deut.
If the Israelites would ever
become ungrateful to God for giving them great material prosperity and
deliverance from slavery by pursuing other gods, what did God say would be
their punishment (
Do
you ever express ungratefulness to God for all the material and financial
blessings He’s given you by worshipping (giving
excessive devotion in terms of time, energy, and attention to) other gods (e.g., sports, career, education, money,
music, computers, family, cars, girl/boyfriends, etc.), and why?
Deut. 28:47, 48 By not doing what, would the
Israelites express their ungratefulness to God for the abundance of all things
He was to give them?
What would be their punishment for being ungrateful
for the abundance of all things God was going to give them?
Do
you ever express your ungratefulness to God for all the things He’s given you
by your not serving Him with joy and a glad heart, and why?
Deut. 32:5, 6, 10-18 How did
How was God going to punish them for their
ungratefulness, vss. 23-25?
Are
you ungrateful to God being your Creator, Heavenly Father, Guide, Protector,
Provider, and Savior by forsaking, scorning, neglecting, forgetting about,
and/or provoking Him through your spending excessive time, energy, attention,
and devotion to: money, cars, sports, music, computers, weight-lifting,
career/job, school, TV, martial arts, video games, girl/boyfriend, etc.?
Judg. 8:34, 35; 10:11-13 How did
Do
you show your ungratefulness to God for protecting you from harm by forgetting
about Him by your not having a daily quiet time of Bible reading, meditation
upon it, and talking to Him in prayer, and why?
1 Sam. 8:4-8;
What
was God’s penalty to
Do
you show your ungratefulness to God by not wanting Him to be the
Lord/Master/Controller over your life and, instead, being like the world by
being in charge of your own life, doing whatever you want, whenever you want,
and why?
1 Sam. 15:17-19 Though Saul was once a nobody, God made him king over
What was God’s punishment for Saul’s ungratefulness?
Do
you show your ungratefulness to God making you a somebody when you were a
nobody by your not completely obeying what He says to you in the Bible and,
instead, picking and choosing what you want to obey, and why?
2 Sam . 12:7-9 How did David show his ungratefulness to the Lord in making
him king over
What was God’s punishment for this ungratefulness,
vss. 10, 11, 15, 18?
Are
you ever ungrateful to God by breaking His commands, even though He’s given you
so much and has protected you from harm?
1 Ki.
What would be his punishment for his ungratefulness,
vss. 3, 4?
Do
you ever show your ungratefulness to God in exalting you to some prominent
position by your idolizing: music, sports, money, cars, computers, college
degrees, job, etc.?
2 Chron.
26:15-19 How did Uzziah/Azariah show
his ungratefulness to God for helping him become a militarily strong king?
How
did God punish him, vss. 20, 21?
Do
you ever show your ungratefulness to God’s helping or promoting you in some way
by pridefully doing something you shouldn’t? If
so, what was it?
2 Chron.
32:24, 25 How did Hezekiah show his ungratefulness for God
healing him when he was sick to the point of death?
And
why was he ungrateful?
What was God’s response?
Does
pride ever keep you from gratefully thanking God for His restoring your health
when you were sick, and why?
Num. 11:1,
4-10, 19, 20 Instead of being grateful
that God was faithfully and daily providing manna to eat in the wilderness,
what did the Israelites do (vss. 1, 4)?
How did God punish them for
their ungratefulness in rejecting His provision for them, vs. 33?
Are you ever ungrateful to God for the food He
provides you and, instead, you complain about it?
Jer. 5:7, 8, 24 How did the people of
How would God punish them for their ungratefulness as
expressed by their idolatry and adultery, vss. 15, 17?
Are
you ungrateful to God for providing you with plenty of food as expressed
through your having immoral, sexual relations and through giving excessive
devotion to: money, cars, sports, job, school, computers, music, etc.?
Ezek.
16:17-21; Hosea 2:8 How
were the people of
How would God punish them for their ungratefulness (Ezek.
Are
you ungrateful to God by making idols out of (worshipping through excessive devotion to) the things He gives you
(e.g., musical instruments, singing
voice, athletic abilities, sports equipment, muscles, weight set, money,
computer, cars, tools, job, girl/boyfriend, intelligence, school, degrees,
etc.), and why?
Dan.
5:18-23, 30 Both King Nebuchadnezzar and his son, King
Belshazzar, were ungrateful to God for their being made kings and their being
given grandeur, glory, and majesty. How did they show their ungratefulness?
How did God punish them?
Does
your ungratefulness to God for giving you talents, skills, abilities, position,
and/or possessions express itself in your being prideful, that is, taking the
credit for accomplishments achieved, and why?
Lk. 17:12-18 How did nine of
the 10 lepers show their ungratefulness to Jesus?
When God heals you of some illness, do you thank Him (give Him the glory) for it?
Rom.
How did God punish them, vs. 24?
Do you show your ungratefulness to God by failing to
thank Him as the Creator for what He’s done in creation and you personally?
Jer. 18:11, 18-21 How did the people
of
Are
you ever ungrateful to Christians who are seeking your best welfare in praying
for you as well as correcting and instructing you in the ways of God, and why?
2 Chron. 24:22-25 How
did Joash show his ungratefulness to Jehoiada the priest, who set Joash on the
throne (23:3, 16) and was like a
father to Joash?
How did God punish him?
Are you ever ungrateful to people who in any way help you out, and why?