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Excellent Compared to What?

I can't think of anything I do but what somebody I know does it better. Joe is more disciplined to exercise, Bob plays better golf, Hymman is more ...


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Happiness Is...

There is a fairy story about a wealthy merchant, loaded with riches, who was in despair. He wondered why. He asked his companions how he could find happiness. ...


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Can't Buy Heaven

Money will buy a bed but not sleep; books but not brains; food but not appetite; finery but not beauty; a house but not a home; medicine but not health; ...


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Life Is Sweet

Life is very sweet to me, and there is no position of power or wealth that could tempt me from the throne God has given me.


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Realistic Happiness

Who could speak more realistically about the illusion of a yuppie value system than Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who suffered deprivation of all that money ...


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When Desire Becomes Coveting

When does proper desire become coveting? I think we can put the answer down simply: desire becomes sin when it fails to include the love of God or men. ...


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The Meaning of Covetousness

Covetousness is simply craving more of what you have enough of already.


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Don't Count on the Ideal

When you define contentment as an ideal match, you're subject to the fact that it's like passion: it often doesn't last long.


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Deeper Possession the Higher Ambition

Surely the higher ambition is entering into the deeper possession of what we already have rather than going out to acquire something new.


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The Danger of Moderate Success

Moderate success in ministry is a spiritual hazard. It can make us content to live without the manifest presence of God.


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