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Why Do I Keep Comparing My Life to Everyone Else’s? | Walking in Spiritual Discernment · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to today's daily prayer.
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  - Today, we're gonna be addressing
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  - why we keep comparing our life to everyone
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  - else's.
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  - You know, it's easier than ever to compare
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  - our lives to other people's
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  - highlight reels.
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  - We see promotions,
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  - ministries
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  - growing,
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  - happy families,
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  - answered prayers, and suddenly,
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  - we begin questioning
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  - our own journey.
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  - Now mind you,
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  - when you're looking at all of those things,
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  - everyone is putting their best foot forward.
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  - They're not really telling you
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  - that there's a basket of dirty laundry
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  - right next to the camera
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  - or
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  - that
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  - they've gotta go pick up the kids
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  - and the phone is ringing
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  - or any other number of distractions.
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  - All you see is
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  - perfection.
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  - The challenge is
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  - that comparison can cloud spiritual discernment because
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  - instead of asking,
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  - father, what are you doing in my life?
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  - We tend to ask,
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  - why isn't
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  - my life looking like theirs?
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  - What's important for us to remember here
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  - is that
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  - when comparison takes over,
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  - gratitude fades
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  - and is always going to be the result
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  - of pride,
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  - which is gonna lead to disappointment.
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  - When contentment disappears,
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  - we are gonna miss
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  - God's direction
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  - every single time
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  - because we've shifted our focus
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  - from him
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  - to us.
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  - We can often become too busy
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  - watching someone else's path
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  - when God is much more
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  - interested in our personal growth.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray.
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  - Heavenly father,
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  - forgive us for the times
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  - we've measured our lives against someone else's.
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  - You created us with a unique purpose
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  - and a path designed specifically
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  - for us.
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  - Help us to celebrate what you're doing
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  - and others without doubting what you're doing in
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  - us.
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  - Quiet the voice of comparison
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  - and replace it with confidence
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  - in your plan because you always know what's
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  - best.
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  - Give us wisdom
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  - to focus on the direction you're leading us
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  - today
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  - instead of being distracted by
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  - someone else's journey.
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  - Teach us to trust
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  - that your timing,
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  - your calling, and your blessing for our life
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  - are good and perfect.
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  - In Jesus' name, amen.
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