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Monkeys & Comparison
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Brian Zahnd
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2 Corinthians 10:12, Ecclesiastes 4:4, Romans 12:6, Philippians 2:3, 1 Corinthians 12:18-20, Proverbs 14:30, James 3:16
In their book Friend and Foe, social psychologists Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer cite a study by Emory University scientist Frans de Waal regarding comparison. De Waal trained capuchin monkeys ...
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Gracious and faithful God–our Creator,
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Richard Herman
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Psalm 25:4-5, Matthew 1:23, James 5:14-15, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Luke 2:10-11, Isaiah 9:6, Jeremiah 29:11, Matthew 25:35-36, Proverbs 21:1, Matthew 5:14-16, Matthew 28:19-20, John 14:13, Luke 2:1-20, Mark 5:25-34, John 11:17-44
Gracious and faithful God–our Creator, Redeemer and Comforter: When we don’t know the way–You show us the way; and when we can’t find a way–You make a way. Thank you! Thank you for Your gift of a Sav...
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Gracious God–Giver of all good gifts:
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Richard Herman
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Revelation 21:4, Philippians 4:19, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Isaiah 40:31, Ephesians 1:7
Gracious God–Giver of all good gifts: We praise You. You give us the wonder of creation and You give us life. We praise You, Father. You give us forgiveness of our sins with salvation and eternal life...
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What Comparison Does to Us
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Brian Zahnd
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- Comparison
- Measuring Up
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2 Corinthians 10:12, Philippians 2:3, 1 Corinthians 12:14-18, Romans 12:3, Proverbs 14:30, Ecclesiastes 4:4
Comparison is the root of most of the misery we feel in life. Comparison makes it impossible to view ourselves from any sort of godly perspective. It is an absolute snare for the soul. Consider what c...
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Comparison is Self-Focused
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Richella J. Parham
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- Comparison
- Self-Centeredness
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Psalm 139:16, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Colossians 3:2-3, Galatians 1:10, John 8:32, Romans 12:2
Perhaps the greatest irony in the life of continual comparison is that while it involves so much attention to the attributes and gifts of other people, it’s actually quite self-focused. From that hype...
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Maria Goff and Insecurity
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Maria Goff
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Ephesians 2:10, Zephaniah 3:17, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Galatians 1:10, Isaiah 43:1
Insecurity is a funny thing. It makes us into someone we’re not as a way to cope with someone we used to be. For me, it started at home. Growing up, my dad had been critical of my mother’s weight, and...
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Candice Bergen
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Psalm 90:17, 1 Peter 3:3-4, James 1:10-11, Ecclesiastes 3:11, 2 Corinthians 4:18, Isaiah 40:7-8, 1 Samuel 16:7
Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while.
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Object in Mirror May Appear Bigger…
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- Body Image
- Insecurity
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2 Corinthians 10:12
A sign on a department store dressing room mirror: “Objects in mirror may appear bigger than they actually are.”
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Hypocrisy
- Sin
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James 4:7-8, 1 John 1:9, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Psalm 51:10, Romans 8:1-2, Galatians 5:16-17
"At the very moment of that vain-glorious thought, a qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most dreadful shuddering…I looked down…I was once more Edward Hyde."
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The Perfect (Mythical) Woman
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Richella J. Parham
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Genesis 6:4-5, 2 Corinthians 10:12, Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, Psalm 139:14, Romans 12:4-5, Philippians 4:11-13
In her excellent little book (Mythical Me), Richella Parham begins by describing a single event that led to a personal journey into addressing her struggles with comparison. Having recently moved to a...
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The Echo of an Argument
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John Ortberg
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- Anger
- Marriage
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2 Corinthians 5:18, Psalm 34:18, Romans 12:18, James 1:19-20, Proverbs 15:1, Matthew 6:14-15, Colossians 3:13
Philip Yancey writes of a friend whose marriage was choked by hostility. One night the friend reached the breaking point: “I hate you!” he screamed at his wife. “I won’t take it any more. I’ve had eno...
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C. S. Lewis
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- Beauty
- Desire
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John 17:24, Isaiah 33:17, Revelation 21:23, Colossians 3:3-4, Philippians 3:20-21, Romans 8:29, 2 Corinthians 3:18
We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words—to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to r...
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Whose the Fairest of Them All?
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Craig Detweiler
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Galatians 6:4-5, 2 Corinthians 10:12, James 3:16, Proverbs 14:30, Galatians 1:10
In Disney’s Snow White, when the wicked witch stares in the mirror, she asks a basic question: “Who’s the fairest of them all?” It is a natural, human tendency to measure ourselves against others. But...
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Sharon Hersh
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Exodus 20:3, Proverbs 14:12, Romans 6:16-18, 2 Corinthians 3:17, Psalm 34:18
Addiction goes deeper than obsession and compulsion. It is worship. It is giving my heart and soul over to something that I believe will ease my pain and provide an outlet for my fury at being out of ...
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James A. Baldwin
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- Beliefs
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Romans 7:19, 1 John 1:9, Psalm 139:23-24, 2 Corinthians 13:5, James 2:17
We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.
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Fighting Constant Comparison with Platitudes (Does not Work)
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Richella J. Parham
Keywords
- Comparison
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Psalm 139:13-14, Ephesians 2:10, Galatians 6:4-5, 2 Corinthians 10:12, Romans 12:3
I searched for guidance on how to combat the problem of constant comparison. I found that well-meaning teachers sometimes addressed the topic, but their advice usually ran along these lines: “You sho...
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Depression is a Thief
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Sergei Marchenko
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2 Corinthians 1:3-4, John 16:33
Depression is a thief. A pickpocket. Swiping a memory here and there. An emotion, a plan for the afternoon, part of a conversation. It is a burglar. Leaving behind empty surfaces and containers that u...
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The Devils Logic [Part 2 of 2]
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Jared C. Wilson
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Hebrews 3:13, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Proverbs 7:21-23, James 1:14-15, Genesis 3:6
If I were making a list of benefits like the one Mike McKinley imagines, only this time using the devil’s actual logic, it might look more like this: Experience the excitement of new romance. Get th...
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Benediction of Discontent
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Drew Edward Jackson
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Matthew 5:4, Psalm 126:5, Romans 12:9, Isaiah 57:15, 2 Corinthians 7:10
May God bless you with tears of lament that mourn over the injustice of our world. May you be blessed with a holy discontent over the way the world is. May the Spirit of Jesus shake you out of com...
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James Bryan Smith
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- Beauty
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2 Corinthians 4:16, Genesis 1:27, Song of Solomon 4:7, Psalm 27:4, Isaiah 40:8, Ecclesiastes 3:11
I would later learn that these are two characteristics of beauty: it never stays, and it never fully satisfies.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 , Isaiah 55:6-7, Matthew 25:1-13, Hebrews 9:27-28, Psalm 90:12, 2 Corinthians 10:5
My thought it is a wanton ranger, It skips away; I fear 'twill bring my soul in danger On Judgment Day...
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Elisabeth Elliot
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John 15:18-20, 1 Peter 2:21, Romans 5:3-4, Mark 15:16-24, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, James 1:2-4
If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road - abuse, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, trouble of some kind. Take it. Why not? To tha...
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Augustine of Hippo
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- Selfishness
- Sin
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Matthew 6:13, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ezekiel 36:26, Jeremiah 17:14, Psalm 139:23-24, Galatians 5:16, Psalm 51:10
Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.
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Henri J. M. Nouwen
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Jonah 1:4, Psalm 51:, John 4:7-26, Genesis 3:7-10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Matthew 11:28-29, 1 John 1:8-9
Our inclination is to reveal to God only what we feel comfortable in sharing. Naturally, we want to love and be loved by God, but we also want to keep a little corner of ourselves, where we can hide a...
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Gregory of Nyssa
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- Beauty
- Shame
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2 Corinthians 3:18, Psalm 34:5, Isaiah 61:7, Hebrews 12:2, Romans 10:11, Isaiah 54:4, Psalm 139:14
Our godlike beauty is hidden beneath curtains of shame.
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Lord, we confess that we do not love
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Jacob Traeger
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Isaiah 57:15, Psalm 42:1-2, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Matthew 18:3-4, Lamentations 3:22-23, Matthew 5:3-12, Luke 19:1-10
Lord, we confess that we do not love you with our whole hearts And we do not love our neighbour as ourselves. We seek the blessing of others Rather than the blessing of your grace We seek comfort in w...
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Oscar Wilde
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Genesis 12:1-3, Exodus 16:4 , 1 Kings 17:12-16 , Psalm 23:1-2 , Matthew 14:17-20, 2 Corinthians 9:8
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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Psalm 34:18, Isaiah 41:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Romans 8:18, 1 Peter 5:10, James 1:2-4, Galatians 6:9
Before any great achievement, some measure of depression is very usual.
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Rowan Williams
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1 Peter 3:13-22, 1 Peter 1:6-8, 2 Corinthians 6:10, John 16:20-22, Habakkuk 3:17-18
If I could just come down on that telling phrase – God wants us to be happy… but God doesn’t want us to be happy. God wants joy for us. But joy is something rather different from happiness. Joy is s...
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The Two Equal and Opposite Errors
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C. S. Lewis
Keywords
- Devil
- Demons
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Matthew 4:10, James 4:7, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Ephesians 6:11-12, 1 Peter 5:8
There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest...

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