Don’t Be Selfish

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1 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 10; 2 Chronicles 11; Philippians 2

Don’t 

Be 

Selfish

Scripture

Philippians 2

³ Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. ⁴ Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

⁵ You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

⁶ Though he was God,
    he did not think of equality with God
    as something to cling to.
 
⁷ Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
    he took the humble position of a slave
    and was born as a human being.
 
When he appeared in human form,
⁸     he humbled himself in obedience to God
    and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

Observation

Lets say that all together this morning, “Don’t be selfish. Don’t be selfish. Don’t be selfish!” Now if we can just live out those important words!

Our natural default button is to be self-centered. We will have the natural tendency to impress others and humility doesn’t come easy either.

If all of those good qualities and attitudes were easy and natural for us then we wouldn’t have to be reminded over and over again in scripture to have them.

The Apostle Paul says, “You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.”

Application

I will try hard to apply this passage as I go through this day.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me not to be selfish today. Keep me from trying to impress others. Don’t let me be proud. Help me to have the same attitude as Jesus. Thank You for giving me the health today to serve You. You are the Mighty King.

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