Sociologists say that envy seems to be a bigger problem for our generation than any before us, because social media seems designed to play on it! But when we look at other people’s lives on social media, we are seeing a filtered image. Pastor J.D. concludes his message on the difficult emotion of envy.
Envy, Part 2
Envy, Part 2
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21 February, 2022
Series: Smoke from a Fire
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Series: Smoke from a Fire
Speaker: J.D. Greear
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Each of these emotions—depression, anxiety, anger, envy, and now “shame”—functions like warning lights on the dashboard of our hearts, indicating what is going on in the engine of our souls.
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Series: Smoke from a Fire
Speaker: J.D. Greear
Book: Numbers
Envy surrounds us—and most of us don’t realize the deadly poison that envy is. We think of envy as a kind of petty jealousy that just comes from wanting a little more. But the Bible treats it as far more serious.