Pst. Ephraim Ogumu

01/01/2026

EXTRAVAGANT GRACE GOSPEL CHURCH, BENIN CITY

2026, Our Year of Divine Increase
(Genesis 26:12-13)

30/11/2025

30/11/2025

SOME CONSEQUENCES OF INGRATITUDE TO GOD (Num. 11:1-6, 31-35).
And the people were like those who complain of hardship in the hearing of the LORD. And the LORD heard it, and his anger was aroused, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. And the people cried out to Moses; and when Moses prayed to the LORD the fire was quenched. And he called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burned among them.
And the mixed crowd that was among them had greedy desires, and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us meat to eat? We remember the fish which we ate for free in Egypt, and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. But now we waste away. There is nothing at all before our eyes except this manna”.
And a wind from the LORD went out and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall near the camp for about the distance of a day’s journey on this side, and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground. And the people were up all that day and all that night and all the next day gathering the quails. The one who gathered the least gathered ten homers. And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. And while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very severe plague. And he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy.
And the people set out from Kibroth Hattaavah for Hazeroth, and stayed at Hazeroth. (Num. 11:1-6, 31-35).

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30/11/2025

Continuation of the topic: Consequences of Ingratitude to God.

Beloved, we must be very careful not to exhibit or display the attitude of ingratitude to God; because God hates ingratitude, as a matter of fact, ingratitude is a great sin to the Lord.
Therefore, it's very important to know the signs and consequences of ingratitude, and do well to avoid them, so that we can enjoy the blessings of the Lord and his goodness.

SIGNS OF INGRATITUDE:
* Complaining
* Grumbling
* Murmuring
* Rebelling
* Worrying and
* Lack of contentment.
One of the major factors that leads to ingratitude is craving for what you do not have and cannot afford for now. The Bible says in James 4:2, " You desire and do not have; you kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain what you want; you fight and struggle, yet you do not have, because you do not ask God."
True contentment comes when we are satisfied with what God has given to us. 1 Timothy 6:6 says, "But godliness with contentment is great gain."
Then, whatever you want ask with Thanksgiving. Phil. 4:6 says," Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving make your requests known to God."

SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF INGRATITUDE:
* It might cause delay (Num. 14:26-33)
* It can make someone not to receive or see what the Lord has promised him/her (Num. 14:34).
* It can make God to be seriously angry (Num. 11:1).
* It may cause death (Num. 33:34).
* It can make someone's thinking to become futile and the heart darkened (Rom. 1:21).

Conclusion: No matter the situation you find yourself, learn to always give thanks to God and whatever He has said concerning you must surely come to reality.

Thanks for reading.