Envy

Vice & Virtue

By Lee Renfro, March 02, 2025

There’s a disposition behind every decision.



Envy is feeling bitter when others have It better.



Envy Destroys You

Genesis 30:1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

Proverbs 14:30 A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.



By not killing envy we’re allowing envy to kill us.



How is envy affecting you personally?



Envy Damages Your Relationships

Genesis 30:2 Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”



Your bitterness will keep you from having better relationships.



How is envy affecting your relationships?



Envy Dictates Your Decisions

Genesis 30:3 Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.”



Your beliefs will always drive your behaviors.



How is envy affecting your decisions?



We root out envy by being rooted in the Gospel.



2025 Challenge:

https://lp.life/2025