HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH RUMUAPARA PERSONAL BREAKTHROUGH SERIES
HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH RUMUAPARA PERSONAL BREAKTHROUGH SERIES 4 WEDNESDAYS OF PERSONAL BREAKTHROUGH 10/28/2021 VENERABLE JOHN C. ADUBASIM 1
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF ENVY JOB 5: 2 FOR WRATH KILLETH THE FOOLISH MAN, AND ENVY SLAYETH THE SILLY ONE. PROV 14: 30 A SOUND HEART IS THE LIFE OF THE FLESH: BUT ENVY THE ROTTENNESS OF THE BONES.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF ENVY JAMES 3: 16 FOR WHERE ENVYING AND STRIFE IS, THERE IS CONFUSION AND EVERY EVIL WORK. ACTS 13: 45 BUT WHEN THE JEWS SAW THE MULTITUDES, THEY WERE FILLED WITH ENVY, AND SPAKE AGAINST THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE SPOKEN BY PAUL, CONTRADICTING AND BLASPHEMING.
WHAT IS ENVY? ENVY IS A FEELING OF DISCONTENT AND RESENTMENT AROUSED BY AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH DESIRE FOR THE POSSESSIONS OR QUALITIES OF ANOTHER. TO FEEL RESENTFUL OR PAINFUL DESIRE FOR ANOTHER'S ADVANTAGES OR POSSESSIONS.
WHAT IS ENVY? A FEELING OF GRUDGING OR SOMEWHAT ADMIRING DISCONTENT AROUSED BY THE POSSESSIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS, OR QUALITIES OF ANOTHER. JEALOUSY AND ENVY ARE HIGHLY RELATED.
WHAT IS ENVY? THEY ARE THE RESULT OF THE TOXIC COMBINATION OF ANXIETY-BASED INSECURITY, ANGER, AND AN OBSESSION WITH COMPARING ONESELF TO OTHERS (OFTEN VERY POORLY). JEALOUSY ALSO HAS A VERY STRONG ROOT IN FEAR-
WHAT IS ENVY? ESPECIALLY OF LOSING PRAISE OR LOVE FROM THE OBJECT OF ONE’S AFFECTION, OR THAT SOMETHING THAT ONE HAS WILL BE TAKEN FROM THEM. IT IS ALSO ROOTED IN AN INDIVIDUAL’S LONGING FOR SIGNIFICANCE AND SECURITY.
BIBLICAL VIEW OF ENVY IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE WICKED - OF PEOPLE IN THEIR "NATURAL" (UNSAVED) CONDITION - ROMANS 1: 29 IT IS A "DEED OF THE FLESH, " OPPOSED TO THE "FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT" - GALATIANS 5: 21 (+ CONTEXT)
BIBLICAL VIEW OF ENVY IS ONE OF THE "FRUITS" OF THE TEACHINGS & WAYS OF FALSE TEACHERS - 1 TIMOTHY 6: 4 IT IS THE RESULT OF FIRST REJECTING ONE'S KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THOSE WHO HAVE IT WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
BIBLICAL VIEW OF ENVY IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF LIFE WITHOUT CHRIST - OF WHAT WE WERE BEFORE WE WERE SAVED - TITUS 3: 3
DESCRIPTION OF ENVY AS A MOTH GNAWS A GARMENT, SO DOES ENVY CONSUME A MAN —SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTAM AS IRON IS EATEN BY RUST, SO ARE THE ENVIOUS CONSUMED BY ENVY —LIVY ENVY HIT HIM … LIKE LACK OF OXYGEN —WILLIAM MCLLVANNEY
DESCRIPTION OF ENVY IS LIKE A FLY THAT PASSES ALL A BODY’S SOUNDER PARTS AND DWELLS UPON THE SORES — GEORGE CHAPMAN ENVY, LIKE THE WORM, NEVER RUNS BUT TO THE FAIREST FRUIT; LIKE A CUNNING BLOODHOUND, IT SINGLES OUT THE FATTEST DEER IN THE FLOCK —FRANCIS BEAUMONT
DESCRIPTION OF ENVY, LIKE FIRE, SOARS UPWARDS —LIVY JEALOUSY IS A KIND OF CIVIL WAR IN THE SOUL, WHERE JUDGMENT AND IMAGINATION ARE AT PERPETUAL JARS — WILLIAM PENN JEALOUSY IS CRUEL AS THE GRAVE —THE HOLY BIBLE/SONG OF SOLOMON
DESCRIPTION OF ENVY JEALOUSY IS LIKE A BAD TOOTHACHE. IT DOES NOT LET A PERSON DO ANYTHING, NOT EVEN SIT STILL. IT CAN ONLY BE WALKED OFF —MILAN KUNDERA
CAUSES OF JEALOUSY & ENVY 1. DISSATISFACTION. FOCUSING ON WHAT ONE DOESN’T HAVE RATHER THAN WHAT ONE DOES HAVE. 2. COMPARISON TO OTHERS. SOME INDIVIDUALS WERE CONDITIONED AT AN EARLY AGE TO EVALUATE THEMSELVES ONLY THROUGH COMPARISON TO OTHERS.
CAUSES OF JEALOUSY & ENVY 3. PRIDE. THE FALSE IDEA THAT ONE DESERVES A LIFE FILLED WITH PERSONAL GAIN AND SATISFACTION. 4. SEEKING SIGNIFICANCE/LOW SELFESTEEM. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DO NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEIR SELF OFTEN SEEKS SIGNIFICANCE IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES RATHER THAN THEIR TRUE SELF.
CAUSES OF JEALOUSY & ENVY 5. DESIRE FOR WORLDLY GAIN. SEEKING MONEY, APPEARANCE, STATUS, ACHIEVEMENTS, OR TALENTS THAT ARE OF ONLY TEMPORARY VALUE
EXPRESSIONS OF JEALOUSY & ENVY 1. RESENTMENT TOWARD OTHERS. BEING HIGHLY JUDGMENTAL AND CRITICAL OF OTHERS. 2. COMPETITION IN RELATIONSHIPS. AN INDIVIDUAL’S DESIRE TO BE BETTER THAN THOSE AROUND THEM.
EXPRESSIONS OF JEALOUSY & ENVY EXHIBITION OF A TENDENCY TOWARD OVERACHIEVEMENT OR A SUPERIOR ATTITUDE TO OTHERS. 3. DEPRESSION. BEING HIGHLY SELF-CRITICAL FOR NOT ACHIEVING WHAT ONE WANTS TO OR OTHERS HAVE ACHIEVED.
EXPRESSIONS OF JEALOUSY & ENVY 4. LACK OF CONTENTMENT. A CONSTANT DESIRE FOR GREATER MATERIAL GAIN AND THE BELIEF THAT IT WILL BRING GREATER HAPPINESS. 5. GOSSIP ABOUT OTHERS. CONSTANT VERBAL CRITICISM OF OTHERS.
EXPRESSIONS OF JEALOUSY & ENVY 6. IDOLIZING OTHERS. BEGINNING THOUGHTS WITH THE EXPRESSION “IF ONLY…”
EFFECTS OF ENVY CAN BE A DESTRUCTIVE EMOTION BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. ENVIOUS PEOPLE TEND TO FEEL HOSTILE, RESENTFUL, ANGRY AND IRRITABLE.
EFFECTS OF ENVY SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO LESS LIKELY TO FEEL GRATEFUL ABOUT THEIR POSITIVE TRAITS AND THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. ENVY IS ALSO RELATED TO DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF PREJUDICE, AND PERSONAL UNHAPPINESS.
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF ENVY WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH ENVY? WE MUST GET RID OF IT (& OTHER SUCH CHARACTERISTICS) AND GROW UP IN OUR SALVATION - 1 PETER 2: 1
DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF ENVY WE MUST KEEP IN STEP WITH (FOLLOW THE LEADING & WAYS OF) THE SPIRIT, RATHER THAN BEING FILLED WITH CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS ENVY - GALATIANS 5: 25 -26
ACTION STEPS 1. BE HONEST. WHILE YOU MAY NOT FEEL AS THOUGH YOU ARE EXPERIENCING JEALOUSY OR ENVY, YOUR FEELINGS MAY BE DISGUISED AS CONTEMPT, CRITICISM, SELF-PITY, GOSSIP, MANIPULATION, ETC. DO NOT DECEIVE YOURSELF; REVEAL YOUR TRUE FEELINGS, ATTITUDES, AND MOTIVATIONS.
ACTION STEPS 2. DEVELOP A LIFESTYLE OF GRATITUDE. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DO HAVE AND BE GRATEFUL. 3. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT ENCOURAGE COMPARISON. ONLY GO SHOPPING IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PURCHASE TO MAKE.
ACTION STEPS READ BOOKS THAT ENCOURAGE REFLECTION ON THE BEAUTY THAT IS IN YOUR LIFE. LIMIT YOUR EXPOSURE TO MEDIA OR MAGAZINES THAT FOCUS ON MATERIAL GAIN. 4. ASK YOURSELF WHY. WHEN FEELING ENVIOUS, ASK YOURSELF WHAT IT IS ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE THAT YOU ARE ENVIOUS OF.
ACTION STEPS IF YOU FIND YOURSELF ENVYING ANOTHER’S POSITIVE QUALITIES SUCH AS THEIR COMPASSION OR THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS, THINK ABOUT FORMING THOSE QUALITIES IN YOURSELF- DOING SO WILL LEAD FROM ENVY TO ADMIRATION.
ACTION STEPS 5. TAKE A STEP BACK. WHEN FEELING JEALOUS, STOP AND REALIZE IT. AVOID MAKING MANIPULATIVE OR CONTROLLING STATEMENTS TO OTHERS. SPEND TIME WITH YOURSELF AND TRANSFORM YOUR FEELINGS INTO POSITIVE ONES.
ACTION STEPS DOING SOMETHING TO SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR ANOTHER (I. E. , SENDING AN E-MAIL OR MAKING A CALL) CAN BE HELPFUL. 6. GROW. MAKE A PLAN TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN POSITIVE QUALITIES AND UNIQUE GIFTS.
ACTION STEPS 7. DON’T GIVE UP. JEALOUSY AND ENVY CAN BE A CONSTANT STRUGGLE FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS AND CAN BE INDICATIVE OF AN UNRESOLVED PAST PAIN. YOU CAN SURREND AND DEPEND COMPLETELY ON GOD.
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