{"id":2086,"date":"2020-05-08T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2020-04-27T08:45:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T13:45:41","slug":"what-has-the-power-to-destroy-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2020\/05\/08\/what-has-the-power-to-destroy-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT HAS THE POWER TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cA heart at peace gives life to the body,  but envy rots the bones.\u201d (Proverbs 14:30 NIV)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Envy has the power to destroy your life.  It will rot your bones, and cause you untold strife.  But a heart at peace gives life to the body.  We all suffer from envy.  Andy Stanley,<\/a> in a message on envy years ago, helped me identify envy in my life.  I couldn\u2019t find that message, but here <\/a>is another one of his messages on envy that is just as impactful.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andy used this phrase:  \u201cIt must be nice.\u201d  When you find yourself saying, \u201cIt must be nice\u2026\u201d about something, that is a sign of envy.  It must be nice to be married to that person.  It must be nice to have that job.  It must be nice to make that much money.  It must be nice to live there.  It must be nice to have such good kids.  It must be nice\u2026  Envy has the power to destroy your life, but \u201cIt must be nice\u2026\u201d has the power to save it.  Identifying your envy can help you find peace in your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identifying your envy can help you find peace in your heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Envy is wanting something we don\u2019t have that we feel we deserve.  In reality, we don\u2019t deserve anything.  We don\u2019t deserve to be born in America, we don\u2019t deserve to have a democratic society that allows us freedom of religion and speech.  Those are gifts from God that He gave us, just by being born in the United States.  People around the globe are envious that we live in America.  And we in America are envious of those around us who we perceive have a better life than us.  Envy is a battle we all fight, but when we focus our eyes on Jesus, we\u2019ll find peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace in our heart comes from being content with what we have, no matter what:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/em><\/strong>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, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. <\/em> <\/em><\/strong>I can do all this through him who gives me strength.\u201d (<\/em>Phil. 4:12-13 NIV<\/em><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contentment can only come when we center our hearts on Jesus. We can find it through the strength Jesus gives us when we follow Him  When we follow Him, we\u2019ll find His peace that surpasses all understanding (Phil. 4:6-7 NIV<\/a>).  Instead of counting the blessings of others, we\u2019ll count our own blessings.  We\u2019ll be grateful for what we do have, instead of what we don\u2019t have.  We\u2019ll have peace that gives life to the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What have you said, \u201cIt must be nice\u2026\u201d about lately?
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Further Reading: <\/strong>1 Samuel 2:22-4:22 NIV<\/a>, John 5:24-47 NIV<\/a>, Psalm 106:1-12 NIV<\/a>, Proverbs 14:30-31 NIV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cA heart at peace gives life to the body,  but envy rots the bones.\u201d (Proverbs 14:30 NIV) Envy has the power to destroy your life.  It will rot your bones, and cause you untold strife.  But a heart at peace gives life to the body.  We all suffer from envy.  Andy Stanley, in a message… Continue reading WHAT HAS THE POWER TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2087,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions\/2087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}