Unraveling my mind after Robert Clancey teaching on jealousy.
” Envy occurs when we lack a desired attribute enjoyed by another.
Jealousy occurs when something we already possess (usually a special relationship) is threatened by a third person”
Jealousy is: feeling resentment against someone because of that person’s rivalry, success, or advantages.fearful of losing what one has to another.
Envy: discontented desire or resentment aroused by another’s possessions, achievements, or advantages.
Coveting is wanting earnestly something that is not yours.
This causes me to want something which God will not give me when I want it. This causes me to want something outside the will of God. ☹️. This causes me to be displaced and go for the lesser rather than the greater.
Envy leads to hatred and hatred leads to murder.
Envy causes me to be unable to rejoice with another.
Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company.
And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/when-envy-turns-deadly
Jesus was killed out of envy
Jealousy and envy cause a fear of losing something. They cause me to be suspicious and then cause me to have untrue imaginations.
We can demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. – 2 Corinthians 10:5
Father forgive me for being envious. Father you gave me certain attributes and I love them and accept them. You gave other people different attributes and that was your decision. I’m sorry for being ungrateful.
God you didn’t make any mistakes.
You didn’t a mistake when you gave me my parents.
I will no longer entertain thoughts of comparison to others. I repent for doing so.
Jealousy and envy cause division. Jealousy and envy stir the pot.
I will not allow jealousy and envy to enter my heart anymore.
I am a friend of God and I like his ideas and ways for me and for others.
I will not allow jealousy and envy to stop me from operating in my anointing.
Teach me to praise others and lift others up.
You are the only one who can be jealous, and you are jealous for us.
- Father forgive me for being envious of my mom because she’s pretty.
- Father forgive me for being envious of my mom because she married a doctor and doesn’t have to work.
- Father forgive me for being envious of my mom because her marriage is good.
- Father forgive me for being envious of my mom because she’s peaceful
- forgive me for being envious of my mom because she’s skinny.
- God, thank you for forgiving me for my envy and dishonor towards my mom. Thank you for blessing me with my mom. Thank you for giving her to me. Thank you for her life. I ask you to bless her in the name of your son Jesus who died for my jealousy of my mom. I receive a new life and a new relationship with my mom. I receive your eyes for her.
- God, I repent, and turn from, envying my sister for being prettier and calmer than me. I envied her because she wasn’t the oldest. God I ask you bless her and have her thrive in your kingdom. God I ask you to bless her life. God thank you for helping her get degrees and for having her be healthy. Thank you for having her be my friend and be good in school.
- God I have envied my dad. I was jealous of his life, his brain, his job, his satisfaction of his life. I was jealous because he was happy. God please forgive me for being jealous of my dad. God please bless my dad and his marriage and his work and his retirement.
- God I envied my cousin because she was skinny and got awarded for getting good grades and got into better schools than me. God please forgive me for not being able to celebrate my cousin and for not being happy with what you gave me and for not being happy for what you did for her. You are God and I am not. I repent for believing that my worth was tied to the ivy leagues accepting her. My worth is determined by the Messiah paying for my sins, including my sin of envy, by dying. God you didn’t make a mistake by giving me my parents and you didn’t make a mistake by giving her her parents.
- God I was envious of men who were allowed to be good at things.
- Envy you have no more room in my life.
Blessed and Kept 