Coveting why does it matter

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Coveting why does it matter?

• 2. It diverts us from Gods plans

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Coveting what is it?

• not all bad..

Psalm 374 Delight yourself in the LORD and he
will give you the desires of your heart
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William Shakespeare

• Twelfth night

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness
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Coveting why does it matter?

• 1. It deceives

Mark 419 but the worries of this life, the
deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other
things come in and choke the word, making it
unfruitful
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Schopenhauer
Coveting is like seawater the more we drink, the
thirstier we become
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Coveting why does it matter?

• 2. It diverts us from Gods plans

1 Tim 69-10 People who want to get rich fall
into temptation and a trap and into many foolish
and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and
destruction. For the love of money is a root of
all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money,
have wandered from the faith and pierced
themselves with many griefs.
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Coveting why does it matter?

• 2. It diverts us from Gods plans

Jer 2911-13 For I know the plans I have for
you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you
and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future. Then you will call upon me and come and
pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will
seek me and find me when you seek me with all
your heart. .
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Coveting why does it matter?

• 3. It damages relationships

1 Tim 64-5 .. unhealthy interest in
controversies and quarrels about words that
result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil
suspicions and constant friction between men of
corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth
and who think that godliness is a means to
financial gain.
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Coveting what is the antidote?
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Coveting what is the antidote?

• Apply commandment number 1

Exodus 203 You shall have no other gods before
me
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R R Reno
We can free ourselves from lower loves, only by a
higher love
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Coveting what is the antidote?

• Covet contentment

1 Tim 66 But godliness with contentment is
great gain .
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Coveting what is the antidote?

• Covet contentment

Romans 88 I consider that our present
sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory
that will be revealed in us. .
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Coveting what is the antidote?

• Covet contentment

Philippians 411-13 .. for I have learned to be
content whatever the circumstances. I know what
it is to be in need, and I know what it is to
have plenty. I have learned the secret of being
content in any and every situation..
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Coveting what is the antidote?

• Covet contentment

Matthew 2237-40 Jesus replied " 'Love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind.' This is the first
and greatest commandment. And the second is like
it 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' All the
Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments."
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Coveting what is the antidote?

• Covet contentment

Psalm 421-2 As the deer pants for streams of
water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul
thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I
go and meet with God?
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Coveting what is the antidote?

• Covet contentment

Matt 56 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness, for they will be filled
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J John
The grass is not greener over that side of the
fence. The grass is not greener over this side of
the fence. The grass is greener where you water
it.
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Coveting - the antidote..

• contentment

Psalm 374 Delight yourself in the LORD and he
will give you the desires of your heart
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Keep Taking the Tablets
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Above all else, give me yourself