11/07/2024
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Mother MERCY MAYUYA
THEME:Our God is a jealous God
β’ TEXT: 1 kings 3:16-28 ex 20:3-5 jere 1:1-5
JEALOUS is an complex emotional reaction as a result of a perceived real or potential interference in the interpersonal relationship.
β’ When something tries to come between a person's relationship with God, that's jealousy.
β’ In the past, people used to idolize small gods or shrines, putting them above the one true God. Today, we've replaced those idols with modern distractions like our phones.
There are two types of jealous
There is a:
[1] positive kind of jealous
[2] Negative kind of jealous
β’ Negative types of jealous that leads to death, contains selfishness thoughts and hurt.
β’ Positive kind of jealous is one that contains pure love or his God in it.
β’ If we read in the text 1 kings 3:16-28 we discover that The true mother, filled with love and concern for her child, begged Solomon to give the baby to the other woman, rather than see him harmed. She had a positive kind of jealous.
β’ Jealousy can be seen in this story through the eyes of the false mother, who was driven by envy and a desire to possess something that wasn't hers. She was willing to go to great lengths, even to the point of harming the child, to satisfy her own selfish desires.
β’ God is jealous about your life. God doesn't want to share your life with some or something
β’ The attributes of God's jealousy include:
- God desires to be number one in our lives. He wants to be the first thing that comes to mind.
- God's jealousy is patient, but it doesn't forgive easily.
Prayer point: Dear God, remove any negative form of jealousy and replace it with a positive, godly jealousy that prioritizes our relationship with you.