Comments on: Spirit of Entitlement

By: asistera

asistera — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:49:44 +0000

Thank you for the post. I have reread this again. For me, I am learning I am not entitled to anything. God created me. I sinned. I must repent. God’s grace is upon this world, the USA, Britain, other countries, but we must repent. We are not entitled to anything. The commandment was to not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil-Genesis 2:17. We did. The curse of death came up me. God sent Jesus to pay the price. I must repent for all my sins, including, and especially for the spirit of entitlement. God owes me nothing. I am deceived if I think God owes me anything. If I repent, If I obey, He will bless me according to His Word. Amen.

By: myancy

myancy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:13:19 +0000

Thank you for this post

By: asistera

asistera — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:50:42 +0000

Thank you for this article. Humility would be the opposite of the spirit of entitlement.
Who am I to deserve anything from God. I am a created being. God Is Sovereign. He has given promises, but there is a condition I must meet. Repent and obey.
The pride of my heart is so deep. this has helped to open up to a different level of this pride, that God hates, and it must not stay in my heart.
Thank you, and thanks to Jesus. Amen.

By: Fiona Veitch Smith

Fiona Veitch Smith — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:26:22 +0000

Thanks for sharing that Stephan. It’s a lesson I keep having to learn over and over again.

By: stephan

stephan — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:47:57 +0000

the Lord showed me this after I got a speeding ticket recently. I blamed first my carmates, then the police officer, then the accusation went onto the Lord. I was angry he didn’t warn me, prevent it, save me, or give me more money. Deep accusation against his goodness and provision for my life. For an hour I seethed, then later heard his voice and let conviction sink in. “You were the one who was speeding”he said…i.e. disobeying. He said how much he wanted to bless me but how this spirit of entitlement prevents him, creates a barricade for him to bless my life with actual good things. I’m seeing it now in my relationships, filled with fear and suspicion, at work, and especially with the Lord. Such an orphan-like distrust that is anti-productive and manipulative. “I deserve” has kept me in immaturity and shallowness for far too long. I’m in the process of apologizing to many people and asking for much grace and help.

By: When Prayer Doesn’t Work at Fiona Veitch Smith

When Prayer Doesn’t Work at Fiona Veitch Smith — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:02:25 +0000

[...] once wrote an article for a Christian magazine called The Spirit of Entitlement. In it, I recounted the story of a young man who was in my Christian Union group at university. [...]