When the seventy returned, Jesus offered a prayer of thanksgiving to teach us the importance of appreciating God. Do not develop an entitlement mentality. Refusal to give thanks leads to pride. You start to feel that, after a successful mission, you are now greater than others. Do you know what becomes of proud people? Mary said: “He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted the lowly.” (Luke 1:51-52)
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