Luke 22:24-30<\/a><\/p>\nCompare Matthew 19:28; 20:24-28; 23:11; Mark 9:35; 10:41-45; Luke 9:48; John 13:4-5, 12-17<\/p>\n
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These apostles were good men. \u00a0Their selection and their subsequent biographies demonstrate that. \u00a0But they still had problems with their desire for approval and status.<\/p>\n
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Surely the battle against our own egos is among the hardest we face. \u00a0Even when we do good things, and even when we do self-denying things, it\u2019s difficult not to want our goodness, our humility, our self-abnegation, to be noticed. \u00a0It\u2019s hard not to be proud of one\u2019s humility.<\/p>\n
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Combatting our desire for wealth, even for simple status and recognition, is difficult enough. \u00a0But the fight isn\u2019t over even then.<\/p>\n
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Life is hard, as the saying goes. \u00a0But what\u2019s the alternative?<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Luke 22:24-30 Compare Matthew 19:28; 20:24-28; 23:11; Mark 9:35; 10:41-45; Luke 9:48; John 13:4-5, 12-17 \u00a0 These apostles were good men. \u00a0Their selection and their subsequent biographies demonstrate that. \u00a0But they still had problems with their desire for approval and status. \u00a0 Surely the battle against our own egos is among the hardest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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