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- A number of quite serious sins are exposed in this particular issue, perhaps the most serious being their lack of faith in God's providence. This sin is driven by an arrogant self-concern that forgets that God is working out a purpose and plan in us and overseeing everything in our lives.
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Self-Absorption & The Bible. “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves.”. Philippians 1:3,4. In Greek mythology there is the story of a young man named Narcissus. He was the son of Cephissus, the god of the river, and the nymph Liriope.
- Train Yourself to Be Others-Focused.Link
- Put Others’ Needs Ahead of Your Own.Link
- Look to Jesus, Our Ultimate Example.Link
Romans 12:15tells us, “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” We have to train ourselves to empathize with others. It doesn’t come naturally to our inwardly-focused selves. When someone in our lives announces good news, we should push against the desire to automatically think about how their news affects us, and instead rejoice ...
Philippians 2:3–4gives us a straightforward reminder to put others’ needs ahead of our own. “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Ask God for help not to act out of selfishness, but to cons...
Look to Jesus who, “though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross” (Philippians 2:6–8). The very man w...
It shows faithlessness by breaking the first commandment in placing oneself higher in importance than the Creator God. This obsession with self interferes with God's development of righteous character in us. In essence, self-pity is excessive love of oneself.
Jul 5, 2013 · All you do is cause a burden by requiring other people to assist you. Worse, if you fall into the aisle, you actually get in the way of people trying to make a positive difference. Here are a couple Bible verses that speak to this issue.
Nov 10, 2021 · Why? It’s simple. We are not God. We were never meant to trust in or be defined by, satisfied in, and captivated by ourselves. We were made to revere someone infinitely more interesting and awesome than ourselves. We become most truly and freely ourselves in a state of self-forgetful reverence.
May 20, 2015 · John Piper invites us into seeing the world a certain way. He calls us to wake up to the wonder, and be freed from the slumber of self-absorption. Watch the entire message, “Lessons from an Inconsolable Soul: Learning from the Mind and Heart of C.S. Lewis.”
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Feb 5, 2021 · Self-sabotage is a pattern of defeating behaviors a person consciously or subconsciously does. It includes thought patterns that undermine personal success in any aspect of life: careers,...
