= Reaction to a perceived threat to a valued relationship. Emotions: anger, sadness, pain, envy, grief, humiliation, fear. Thoughts dwelling on resentment, blame, worry about image, self-pity and comparison with the rival
This week at our small group we talked about Jealousy. We've been sending in different topic ideas to Angela and Jessica, and whatever we send in, the group gets to talk about at one of our Monday night TCBY Bible studies!!!! =) Angela posted her notes from the lesson onto our FaceBook page, so here they are!!! I bolded the stuff the stood out most to me =)
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Jealousy stems off of these feeling mostly: Insecurities, Fear, Covetness, and Deception.
· • Stems from insecurity (YES)• Root of jealousy:
o Personal insecurity. How do we base our security on? Opinion, affirmation, acceptance from others. When we feel rejected or unloved we become dangerously insecure leading us to see the strengths of other people as threats to our own well being. We battle insecurity by researching God’s unfailing love and acceptance.
o Personal insecurity. How do we base our security on? Opinion, affirmation, acceptance from others. When we feel rejected or unloved we become dangerously insecure leading us to see the strengths of other people as threats to our own well being. We battle insecurity by researching God’s unfailing love and acceptance.
• But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me (Psalm 13:5-6).• Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love (Psalm 48:9).
• Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul (Psalm 143:8).• For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own (1 Samuel 12:22).
• Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me (Psalm 27:10).
• But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light (1 Peter 2:9).
o Fear. **There is nothing we can hang on to that is worth what we are giving up. **( I bolded that and made it bigger! LOL Read it a few times and you'll get how cool it is) We can have a peace through Christ when we let him have free reign in our lives. To overcome fear, we must first confess it to God and allow him to work in you.
• There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love (1 John 4:18).• For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father" (Romans 8:15).
• It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery (Galatians 5:1).• To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy (Jude 24).
o Covetousness. The desire to have something that isn’t yours. Leads you to aggressive jealousy that is often spoken against in the Bible. It happens when you are not satisfied with the blessings God has bestowed upon you.
• Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load (Galatians 6:4-5).
• This is what the Lord says -- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea (Isaiah 48:17-18).
• Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you (Isaiah 46:4). I LOVE THIS VERSE!!!!!• Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? (Matthew 6:25)• You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing (Psalm 145:16).
o Deception. **You may perceive a threat that in reality does not exist** Key phrase there! You may perceive a threat that really doesn’t exist. It’s distorted due to lies you believe about others and yourself. Scriptures to help battle the lies:
• You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:32). Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long (Psalm 25:4-5).• Do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws (Psalm 119:43).
• I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, "Seek me in vain." I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right (Isaiah 45:19).
• The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth (Psalm 145:18).• But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come (John16:13).The key to biblically overcoming jealousy is to discern the roots of your jealousy and battle them with the truth of God’s Word. I like that =)
• Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul (Psalm 143:8).• For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own (1 Samuel 12:22).
• Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me (Psalm 27:10).
• But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light (1 Peter 2:9).
o Fear. **There is nothing we can hang on to that is worth what we are giving up. **( I bolded that and made it bigger! LOL Read it a few times and you'll get how cool it is) We can have a peace through Christ when we let him have free reign in our lives. To overcome fear, we must first confess it to God and allow him to work in you.
• There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love (1 John 4:18).• For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father" (Romans 8:15).
• It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery (Galatians 5:1).• To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy (Jude 24).
o Covetousness. The desire to have something that isn’t yours. Leads you to aggressive jealousy that is often spoken against in the Bible. It happens when you are not satisfied with the blessings God has bestowed upon you.
• Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load (Galatians 6:4-5).
• This is what the Lord says -- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea (Isaiah 48:17-18).
• Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you (Isaiah 46:4). I LOVE THIS VERSE!!!!!• Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? (Matthew 6:25)• You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing (Psalm 145:16).
o Deception. **You may perceive a threat that in reality does not exist** Key phrase there! You may perceive a threat that really doesn’t exist. It’s distorted due to lies you believe about others and yourself. Scriptures to help battle the lies:
• You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (John 8:32). Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long (Psalm 25:4-5).• Do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws (Psalm 119:43).
• I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, "Seek me in vain." I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right (Isaiah 45:19).
• The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth (Psalm 145:18).• But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come (John16:13).The key to biblically overcoming jealousy is to discern the roots of your jealousy and battle them with the truth of God’s Word. I like that =)
I know I've posted it many times, but I really am SUPER SUPER grateful for my church and my church family <3
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