Quotes About Complaint

praise is celebrating God's awesome glory, then complaint is antipraise.

Tomorrow there is a good possibility that complaint will be on your lips, and when it is, cry out for your Savior's help. He alone can open your eyes to his glory. His grace alone can satisfy your heart. And as you cry out, remember that he is so rich in grace that he will never turn a deaf ear to your cries.

If complaint has the power to focus your vision, it can also twist and bend your perception of reality and the God who rules it.

the way to defeat the dangerous potential of complaint is not by silence but by praise. The more you commit yourself to counting your blessings, the more you will have eyes to see specific blessings in your life.

The joy or complaint of your heart always shapes your willingness to trust God and to do his will.

our best defense (as stated earlier) is often our defenselessness. In Al-Anon we hear, "Don't complain and don't explain.

Si yo errare este papel, no me podré quejar de él, de mí me podré quejar.

The problem with anger against God is that it's impossible to go higher in the system to complain.

But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelechís servants had seized,

So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

“If only we had died by the LORDís hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

and in the morning you will see the LORDís glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”

And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?

But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”

Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ëGive us meat to eat!í

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ëWhy did we ever leave Egypt?í”

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”

and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ëDo us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.í”

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.