LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE ENVIOUS

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LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE ENVIOUS

• Shakespeare called envy "the green sickness".
• Envy is being jealous of someone else's success
  or being happy over somebody's downfall.

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LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE ENVIOUS
HOW BAD IS ENVY? Gal. 519 - 21

• ENVY IS BAD BECAUSE IT HURTS RELATIONSHIPS.
• James 42 - Ye lust (envy) and have not - ye kill
  and desire to have -
• As adults we still play "King of the Hill"
• The most difficult instrument to play is "second
  fiddle"
• Envy undermines marriages, nullifies unity,
  separates
• Church members and discourages leaders.
• I Cor. 134

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LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE ENVIOUS
HOW BAD IS ENVY? Gal. 519 - 21

• ENVY IS BAD BECAUSE IT LEADS TO FINANCIAL
  PROBLEMS.
• Financial problems can be caused by envy of what
  others have.
• Watching TV can triple our hunger for more
  "stuff".
• ENVY IS BAD BECAUSE IT IS AT THE HEART OF EVIL.
• James 316
• Envy is the root cause of many problems.
• Titus 33 Envy and Evil go hand in hand.
• Envy helped kill Jesus. Mark 1510

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LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE ENVIOUS
HOW BAD IS ENVY? Gal. 519 - 21

• ENVY IS BAD BECAUSE IT DESTROYS OUR HAPPINESS.
• Prov. 1430 "envy is rottenness of the bones".
• Have you ever met a happy envious person?

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LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE ENVIOUS
HOW DO WE OVERCOME ENVY?

• STOP COMPARING YOURSELF WITH OTHERS.
• Gal. 64
• God is not comparing you with anyone else.
• Psalm 13914 - we are fearfully wonderfully
  made
• 2 Cor.1012 - it is not wise to compare ourselves

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LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE ENVIOUS
HOW DO WE OVERCOME ENVY?

• START PRAISING GOD FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE.
• When you envy someone what are you saying to God?
• Nothing is ever as good as it appears to be.
• REFOCUS YOUR AMBITIONS
• We are envious of people because we want things
  of this world.
• What if we sought after God like we search after
  the things of this world?
• The true remedy for envy is to set our desires on
  things more important than worldly things.