Jaundice of the soul. Cruel as the grave. The green eyed monster. Yep, sounds about right to me!
In the middle of p.36 I could totally relate when she said "When emotions are unchecked by the Holy Spirit, one negative emotion can easily feed another, joining together as links in a chain of bondage." She then went on to give us the original Hebrew word and definition for anger. I noticed that it was very active: to glow, be kindled, ignite...
Note to self: unchecked anger will consume our entire mind set and lead to action.
Can you relate? Have you ever been there? No picnic.
Interestingly enough Saul's jealousy and anger over David's life is totally because the boy is blessed. I love how over and over throughout this passage it is obvious that God has poured out his favor on him. He's unstoppable on the battlefield, the people love him, Saul's daughter loves him, i don't think at this point Saul even knows that his son Jonathan & David are BFF.
Okay, so have you ever been jealous of someone else's blessings?
I so have! When i first started following Christ i was so jealous of other friends that had grown up in their nice little Christian homes, now their husbands were Super Christian guy.... My jealousy of them turned into SO many different emotions!! I was angry, I felt cheated by God, I felt like a fake, like why am I even bothering... Thank God He unraveled that yarn ball of emotions and completely changed my mindset! (that is what He is in the business of doing) I didn't even mention my jealousy over those who had been give beautiful voices to worship. But I'm sure none of you have that problem.
We read Acts 5:17-19 but i just want to give a shout out to v20! they were set free from jail so they could do what? go give the people this message of life! Amen!
Do any of you have anyone in your life you are jealous for? Want to share so we can pray? I am jealous for my sisters Stephanie, Tiffany, Melissa I just am desperate for them to know Christ and the peace he has to offer them!!!
Did anyone else find it weird that David was "delighted" with his payment option in v26?
Love to all!
Lori
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okay so I have to say that I LOVE this bible study! Todays lesson really convicted me,that I am sometimes jealous of someone rather than for them. I know we all have faults but I realised when I am jealous of someone its in gods own house. For example I get very jealous of marissa during worship becuase she has such a strong voice and has the stregth to lead people. I just reccently learned that she also has flawss and she isnt perfect.No one is EVER perfect. That helped me get rid of my jealousy. I also find my self getting jealous of my sister becuase she has a best friend. And I feel alone. I found out this morning that it's much nicer to be jououls for someone. Im truley jealous for my neighbor shayna. I know she is a christian and belives in god but she is on the wrong path. I want her to come to the right path so badly I was so close to her and I want her to be safe and feel god's LOVE,JOY,PEACE,PATIENCE,KINDNESS,
GOODNESS,FAITHFULNESS,GENTLENESS, SELFCONTROL!
I like how it said in Exodus 20:5 "That our God is JELOUS God." That he gets jelous when we dont go to him with our problems or we put our possesions or time before him. It makes me feel horrible and want to just beg for forgiveness and you know what!? He forgives us! That is what is so great about our god. He truley forgives us even if we do things over and over and over again like being jealous of his own creation. I bet he gets a little upset when we put ourselves down and look at other people with worldly jealousy, I mean he created us. Have you ever spent so much time making sumthing and when your done someone be like "ew thats wired or ugly." It's the worst feeling in the world, Could you imagine when we do that? His own children,putting down his BEAUTIFUL creation and wishing we had someoneelses features.That is worldy jealousy right there! I know for me personally I do it ALL the time like oh shes wayy prettier, or wow I wish I had her clothes. You know I feel like I offend God when I say that stuff because its knocking on his creation. I wonder what the world would be like if there was no jelousy? would people get along? How would we veiw ourselves when we look in the mirror? I really liked todays study! love you all!=]
I definitley have to agree with Cyndi. This one really convicted me too. I find myself becoming jealous of other strong christian brothers and sisters because their faith is just amazing. Not gonna lie, Cyndi, you were one of them. You are just an awesome girl of God, and I sometimes feel like I'm not, which like Cyndi said, nobody's perfect, so I know I am going to screw up sometimes. So I really prayed for forgiveness on that one. I am really jealous FOR my cousin Kristen because I know she is not following Christ and living her life the way God wants her to. I love how Cyndi was saying how it's putting down God's creation when I say "I wish I was as pretty as her" or whatever. It's a really good point. & it's also putting God himself down. In Genesis 1:27 it says, "So God created human beings in his own image of God he created them; male and female he created them." He created us in his own image and to say we are like the ugliest things ever, or are so displeased with ourselves, we are pretty much displeased with God. To answer Cyndi's question, I think people would get along, because sometimes jealousy prevents us from making new friends, or makes us get all nastey towards eachother because we feel we need to be better than others. Especailly girls. It's true. I am going to challenge myself with Ephesians 4:31 which says "Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander as well as all types of evil behavior. (such as jealousy)Instead, be kind to eachother, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you." I am also going to be sure to be jealous FOR instead of jealous OF. I really liked this one :)
love you guys!!!
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