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ENVY

Text : 1 Corinthians 13:4. 

Love is always patient; love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride. Nor is she conceited,

 *Envy is one of the inherent nature of man. If not checked, it's capable of leading man to commit all sort of evil.* 

James  3:16 says For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

The first murder act that was committed was as a result of envy.

Cain, the first man to commit murder became furious because he was not accepted by God the way his brother Abel was. God noticed this attitude and decided to warn him.

 _If you do what is appropriate, you’ll be accepted, won’t you? But if you don’t do what is appropriate, sin is crouching near your doorway, turning toward you. Now as for you, will you take dominion over it?”_ Genesis 4:7.

Whenever you do inappropriate things, the devil will prompt you to go ahead and do a worse thing, but God is also close by warning through your conscience, the people around you and through His words to turn, repent and be accepted. 

The voice you yield to will determine the outcome of your life. Today, as you are hearing His Voice, do not harden your heart.
Simply ask God to forgive you of your wrongs and receive grace to turn a new leaf. 

Cain turned a deaf ear to God's voice, he followed the devil's voice instead. Because He refused to take dominion over the sin that was crouching at his doorstep, this sin took dominion over him, and he did the unthinkable. 

Do not give envy a foothold in your heart, or else, it will take hold of your whole being and lead one to hell.
Bible  Reading: Genesis 4:1-16.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, help me to repent of all my wrong doings and grant me  the grace to turn a new leaf.

2.) Father God,  please deliver me from the strong hold of envy.

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