Dad Tired Lies That Are Destroying Your Peace | Ep 477 with Gary Thomas
Jul 14, 2025
In this engaging discussion, bestselling author Gary Thomas, known for his transformative works on faith, joins to explore the subtle lie that 'God owes me.' He explains how entitlement disrupts spiritual peace and intimacy with God. The duo delves into how social media fuels discontent, emphasizing the need for gratitude and vulnerability in our faith lives. With personal stories and biblical wisdom, they outline that true transformation comes through confronting one's sins and recognizing the depth of God's grace and love.
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Entitlement Steals Our Worship
- Entitlement silently robs our worship and fractures our trust in God.
- Realizing we deserve hell instead of blessings reshapes our gratitude and humility.
Fight Entitlement With Gratitude
- Combat entitlement by daily remembering God's rescue from our sin.
- Cultivate gratitude by focusing on current blessings, not on what is lacking.
Real Life vs Social Media
- Gary shared about an oncology nurse wife and a father battling cancer to highlight real life's hardship.
- Real interactions diminish entitlement, unlike social media's sanitized highlights.
