Category: Envy

Proverbs 14:30 (NKJV) 30 A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.

When people are angry or jealous, they may have a tendency to put down others that are doing good.

They can be very hurtful and negative toward them.

For many, it’s an automatic reaction from our flesh that needs to be adjusted.

As believers, we must not act out of anger or jealousy. We need to rise above it and be happy for others when they are moving forward, or when they are reaping from a season of doing good.

No one knows what they have been through to get where they are. It could have taken many years and a lot of steps of obedience and sacrifice.

They probably have had days where they were about to literally give up.

Galatians 6:9 (NKJV) 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

God is good. He does not favor any one person. He treats us all equally.

We all will reap at times from the things we have done. If someone we know is in their reaping season, dance and rejoice with them instead of getting jealous.

Luke 20:21 (NKJV) 21 Then they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth…

Be happy for someone today that is reaping from the good seeds they have sown. God is faithful toward all of us and He will give to us the desires of our hearts as we follow His lead and sow those seeds.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighter Walk

Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Proverbs 14:30 (NKJV) 30 A sound heart is life to the body, But envy is rottenness to the bones.

Envy and jealousy; the two things that will keep us bitter and hard toward someone or something.

Watch out, for they can creep up on us and we won’t even see them coming in.

I (Pastor Ellie) was visiting with some people this past week, and I noticed that I sensed a distance with them toward me. It was kind of blatant and it bothered me because I didn’t know why.

They were behaving much differently than normal. They were quiet and hardly talking to me at all; kind of like I wasn’t even there.

I asked God what it was that I was sensing. He said these two words; envy and jealousy.

I asked God what I could do on my end to fix it. And He said, “not a thing in your case. There’s nothing you can fix; because you’re not the one that let it in”.

We all need to check ourselves from time to time, to make sure these 2 things don’t sneak in for any reason. Because once they do, they grow and they get stronger and stronger.

It can sneak in very subtly.

We may not even know it’s there, but it could be making us miserable and depressed at times. It could even be the reason why we think everyone is against us and nothing good happens to us.

So, let’s keep an eye on this in ourselves, because It could be the reason why we don’t have good relationships, or any relationships, for that matter.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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