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What Happens When We Are Consumed by Selfish Ambition
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. James 3: 16, NIV This passage calls us to regularly examine our hearts. When we become driven by selfish ambition or envy, disorder and confusion follow. Often, this arises when we compare our blessings to those of others. Envy takes root when we desire what others have, leading us to compromise our values in the pursuit of satisfaction. We become fixated on what we lack, mistakenly believing that achieving our selfish desires will bring happiness and fulfillment. Yet, no gain rooted in selfishness can ever fill the emptiness within. Let us be mindful not…
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When We Envy Other People, We Tend To Think Of Bad Things Towards Them
But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. Acts 17: 5, NKJV When Paul came to Thessalonica, he went to the synagogue to share about Jesus. A great multitude of devout Greeks, including a few women, were persuaded. But there was a group of Jews who didn’t agree with what Paul was sharing. It was said that they were envious of what Paul and the other believers had experienced. After that, they gathered some…
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Day 349 – James 3:16
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. James 3:16,NIV Check your heart and pray that God will purify it. Do not be jealous or do things out of selfish ambition because it’s when the enemy can easily come in and tempt you to do certain actions that will break your heart in the end. Evil practice starts when you do things on your own and forget to include God in the picture. Acknowledge His will so that you will always be guided. Pray that God will teach you how to change the things that are not pleasing in His eyes. Let…
