THE TERRIBLE POWER OF JEALOUSY Genesis 37: 1-36 It’s not easy to get along with others. Sometimes it even hard to get along with people who are close to us, like family or friends. It was difficult for Joseph and his brothers. Joseph’s brothers knew their father Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved them. This made the brothers feel jealous and angry. They wanted the things Joseph had. They hated Joseph so much that they wanted to kill him. In the end they decided to sell him into slavery and tell their father that Joseph was dead. But instead of making things better at home, the brothers’ jealousy tore their family apart and left their father feeling sad, believing that Joseph had died. It’s hard when other people have more talents or things than we have. The Apostle Paul wrote that it isn’t wise for us to compare ourselves with others (2 Cor 10:12). It’s better to be grateful for the ways we are different from everyone else than to focus on what other people have and we don’t. God created each one of us different for God’s purpose
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