Posted in selfishness on Jun 11th, 2014
We’ve all seen a few wives who have huge diamonds on their wedding rings.
We’ve looked at those multi-karat rings and admired the beauty of the crystalline sparkles.
What we haven’t admired are the empty marriages that some of those wives have had.
Yes, big diamonds are […]
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Posted in selfishness on Jun 4th, 2013
I suppose we’ve all spoken the hypocritical words “I’m doing this for you” when in reality we were doing “this” with a selfish motive.
It’s called having a contract mentality.
It’s the idea of doing something for another because we want something from them.
Whatever we give up at such moments is not a sacrifice but instead an […]
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Posted in selfishness on Jan 18th, 2013
I imagine we’ve all had those moments when the Lord was stirring our hearts to help a co-worker or neighbor with words of encouragement or with actual hands-on efforts such as a move across town, a household repair or with babysitting at a last-minute notice.
But for some reason that doesn’t equate with faithfulness, we didn’t […]
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Posted in selfishness on Apr 3rd, 2012
One of the fastest ways to destroy a Christian testimony is to cheat people.
Nobody likes being exploited, whether it is realized at the moment of offense or later when facts make themselves known.
Any claim of being like Christ in putting others first is blown to bits by such displays of selfishness.
We’ve got to be very […]
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Posted in selfishness on Aug 18th, 2011
Just about everybody knows a retiree who is worried about the money running out before he or she dies.
I received a call the other day from a 98-year-old Christian friend who was concerned about her cost of living increasing faster than her Social Security check increases.
She said she doesn’t know what she will do, other […]
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