Saul followed his dark heart of jealousy and resentment and it took him to a darker place of destruction. He was tormented. He entertained every thought of jealousy, envy, bitterness and resentment. Each time he had those thoughts he had a choice to indulge them or to take them captive and slay them.
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We have a wrong idea that if someone else gets praise or accolades it means there is less for us. We wrongly believe that life is like a pie that’s brought to a party and there are far more people at the party than pieces of pie. Everyone wants a piece, but there is not enough to go around, so we push our way to the front of the line to make sure we don’t get left out.....
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There is no greater truth than this: Jesus loves me, this I know. When we truly know that from our hearts it really does change everything.
