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My friend Jamie Munson over at Resurgence has posted an excellent article on the difference between two controlling motives in our lives. I wanted to share his table with you here, and encourage you to go read the whole post.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Gratitude<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Greed<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Attitude<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Humility (Phil. 2:3)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Grumbling (Phil. 2:15)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Perspective<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Grace: \u201cI am a sinner who deserves death but Jesus paid the price\u00a0and<\/em>gave me his perfect righteousness.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Entitlement: \u201cI am a good person who deserves heaven\u2014plus a comfortable, pain-free existence in the meantime.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Desire<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Jesus is enough to satisfy my life.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Jesus is not enough. I want wealth \/ fame \/ comfort \/ power as well.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Money<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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God gives. Therefore my money is his, and I use it to glorify him.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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I earn. Therefore my money is mine, and I use it however I please.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Possessions<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Contentment: I have enough<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Covetous: I never have enough<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Church<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Serve as a member of God\u2019s family<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Be served as a consumer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Job<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Work heartily for the Lord; cultivating thanks for God\u2019s provision (Deut. 8:17; Col. 3:23)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Work begrudgingly for the man; becoming bitter and jealous against others (James 3:16)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Family<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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A blessing to embrace<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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A burden to escape<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Future<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Eternal: optimistic\/hopeful (2 Cor. 4:7\u20139)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Temporal: pessimistic\/anxious<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Worship<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Time, energy, and resources go to God<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Time, energy, and resources go to me<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Identity<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Jesus and his achievement<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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My abilities and my achievements<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Giving<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Generous<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Guilt- or gain-motivated (or non-existent)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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My friend Jamie Munson over at Resurgence has posted an excellent article on the difference between two controlling motives in our lives. I wanted to share his table with you here, and encourage you to go read the whole post. Gratitude Greed Attitude Humility (Phil. 2:3) Grumbling (Phil. 2:15) Perspective Grace: \u201cI am a sinner […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[531,532],"class_list":["post-9931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sanctification","tag-discipleship","tag-spiritual-maturity"],"yoast_head":"\nGratitude vs Greed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My friend Jamie Munson over at Resurgence has posted an excellent article on the difference between two controlling motives in our lives. 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