Cranky Complainer or Deliberate Delight? | Praise Podcast

If "love is a verb" and "happiness is a choice," then we can choose to be a cranky complainer or decide upon deliberate delight. Tune in!

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 If love is a verb and happiness is a choice,

00:00:04 --> 00:00:08 then we can choose to be a cranky complainer or decide upon

00:00:08 --> 00:00:09 deliberate delight.

00:00:10 --> 00:00:10 Tune in.

00:00:14 --> 00:00:14 Hello,

00:00:15 --> 00:00:16 and welcome to Momo 634,

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00:00:26 --> 00:00:27 Momo 634.

00:00:28 --> 00:00:30 Motivational moments just for today.

00:00:45 --> 00:00:50 I've stated a number of times on the podcast that my default

00:00:50 --> 00:00:51 when presented with

00:00:51 --> 00:00:53 something new is the negative.

00:00:54 --> 00:00:57 It's an OCD thing, and I hate it.

00:00:59 --> 00:01:03 Every time my kids hear Philippians 2.14 in a sermon,

00:01:04 --> 00:01:06 they look toward me and smile.

00:01:07 --> 00:01:12 I quoted that verse to them a gazillion times growing up and

00:01:12 --> 00:01:13 made it a memory verse

00:01:13 --> 00:01:14 for homeschooling.

00:01:16 --> 00:01:21 Little did they know, it was for me as much as it was for them.

00:01:22 --> 00:01:27 It says, do everything without complaining or arguing.

00:01:29 --> 00:01:32 Some translations say grumbling and disputing.

00:01:34 --> 00:01:36 I have been the queen of both.

00:01:38 --> 00:01:42 I've also said a number of times here that there's no such

00:01:42 --> 00:01:45 thing as big sins or

00:01:45 --> 00:01:46 little sins,

00:01:46 --> 00:01:52 because all sin has the potential to eternally separate us from God.

00:01:53 --> 00:01:58 So as I shared in the bonus weekend episode for premium subscribers,

00:01:58 --> 00:02:03 I have a number of personality defects I want to address in

00:02:03 --> 00:02:04 this new year,

00:02:04 --> 00:02:09 and I'm making myself accountable by sharing them here with you.

00:02:10 --> 00:02:12 James 5.16 says,

00:02:13 --> 00:02:17 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each

00:02:17 --> 00:02:18 other so that you may

00:02:18 --> 00:02:19 be healed.

00:02:20 --> 00:02:23 The prayer of a righteous man has great power.

00:02:25 --> 00:02:27 Proverbs 28.13 says,

00:02:28 --> 00:02:31 He who conceals his sins will not prosper,

00:02:32 --> 00:02:36 but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

00:02:38 --> 00:02:39 1 John 1.9 says,

00:02:40 --> 00:02:41 If we confess our sins,

00:02:42 --> 00:02:47 he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse

00:02:47 --> 00:02:48 us from all unrighteousness.

00:02:50 --> 00:02:54 So I am making the effort to transform from a cranky complainer

00:02:55 --> 00:02:56 into someone who

00:02:56 --> 00:02:59 makes the deliberate decision to delight.

00:03:01 --> 00:03:03 I do tend to count my blessings quite a bit,

00:03:04 --> 00:03:06 but in that moment,

00:03:06 --> 00:03:08 when presented with something new,

00:03:08 --> 00:03:10 I kick against the goads.

00:03:12 --> 00:03:13 It may be the social anxiety.

00:03:13 --> 00:03:17 I just don't want to go anywhere or interact with people

00:03:18 --> 00:03:19 because of my awkward

00:03:19 --> 00:03:24 social skills or compulsive speech as outlined in the episode

00:03:24 --> 00:03:25 New Self-Discovery.

00:03:27 --> 00:03:29 It may be that I'm afraid of messing up,

00:03:30 --> 00:03:30 forgetting,

00:03:31 --> 00:03:34 or looking foolish in front of others because of a knowledge gap.

00:03:36 --> 00:03:38 Sometimes it's imposter syndrome,

00:03:38 --> 00:03:41 feeling like I don't belong at the grown-up table.

00:03:43 --> 00:03:46 Whatever the reason, my plan of attack is twofold.

00:03:48 --> 00:03:54 Catch myself in the act, which is half the battle, and choosing change.

00:03:55 --> 00:03:58 Whether it's hearing the person out,

00:03:58 --> 00:04:03 taking some time before speaking to consider the full impact of

00:04:03 --> 00:04:05 the new request or information,

00:04:06 --> 00:04:08 or choosing to just acquiesce,

00:04:09 --> 00:04:14 I have a micro-choice and can deliberately choose a course

00:04:14 --> 00:04:16 correction in that moment.

00:04:17 --> 00:04:19 Another tactic we've discussed here.

00:04:21 --> 00:04:25 Our meme for today says, some choose weight loss in the new year.

00:04:26 --> 00:04:31 You can also choose to discard the weight of personal baggage.

00:04:32 --> 00:04:35 What are you working on this year?

00:04:35 --> 00:04:37 Chime in below.

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