Sometimes I'm jealous of others. How can I get out of the jealous/envy trap?
Believe God knows you best. People around you may seem to have what you don't -- better work situations, better families, better homes. It's sometimes difficult to watch others move ahead in life and then be truly happy for them.
The trick is to believe God knows you through and through and is watching out for you, despite how other people's lives look. When you become jealous, it's as if you're giving God advice: "You should give me this, God. You should make sure that happens to me, too!" While something may look exactly like you want, only God sees the future and knows what you need. Only He is equipped to know whether the things you demand will fit. Second-guessing God through jealousy is like saying God doesn't see into your heart or bring you what you need to be satisfied in life. God, who can be known and loved, can also be trusted. He will not disappoint.
Read Psalm 73:1-20; 1 Samuel 20; Jonah 4; and James 3:1-12
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"...I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth..." GENESIS 9:8-17
God has called us to carry each other's burdens and we must do so by lifting them up in constant prayer! Please join me in prayer for this ministry that God will receive the PRAISE and GLORY for these things as He carries us through our trials!! Send your prayer requests and devotions via email to PRAY4MENOW@GMAIL.COM
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- I believe that God has called us to use this ministry to share prayer requests for our brothers and sisters when they are in need and carrying heavy burdens. I hope this ministry will allow each of us to follow these prayer requests daily. If you need prayer or know someone who may, please email that request to me at PRAY4MENOW@GMAIL.COM and I will upload your request online for others to join you in prayer. I would also like you to email special devotions that you come across each day so that I can share them as well. We never know when something that we share could lift and brighten another's day. God knows what each of us need and He will use you to reach out to others. <>< In His Love, Helena
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- "People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." -- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- "God is using the prayers you are praying today to open the curtain to rest of your life." -- Evelyn Christenson
- "I want to delight God. I desire to be someone with whom He can consistently find comfort and pleasure when He thinks about me. I want to "make His day." -- Valerie Bell
- "Each day I must make choices and set priorities. Until daily time alone with God becomes the one non-negotiable activity of my life, He will never be the power in my life He wants to be." -- Mayo Mathers
- "Christ freely offers His strength and His hope. And His forgiveness is ours to extend to others." -- Angela Elwell Hunt
- "While the word LOVE makes up the marriage painting, the ways we cherish each other add the beautiful strokes of color to the canvas." -- Carole Mayhall
- "You may be the only access many kids have to spiritual life. Be ready to help them see that God is active in their lives and that they matter to Him." -- Valerie Bell
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"...I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth..." GENESIS 9:8-17