The Lord of the Ring lesson--> GREED

It was a long night .. Slept at 530am last nite, back from watching FRANCE vs TOGO. FRANCE managed to score 2-0 compared to TOGO. :) Prior to that, went to watch the TOKYO DRIFT, it was quite a great movie, if you are in love with, style, speed, fame................ yayaaa.. that's the point.. FAME.. part of what i learned in the lesson through my favorite radio station online.. http://www.praise1065.com/listen_live.php

It's the 1st time i listen and note down the points...Let me copy n paste...

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Greed
-often rationalize
-desire to getting more and more

4 common areas of greed evidence
1.) Money
Excessive amount of Money
Discontentment of what one earns
More and more..

2.) Things
He who dies with the most toys wins
Nothing is wrong with having things
Greed occured when things have us. Where we constantly acquire more things

3.) Fame
to be known
to be recognised in public
To be popular, influential

4.) Pleasure
Desire for satisfying one sensual delight
Playboy philosophy

watch for secret greed.

A group of people, who work alongside, who serve as helper, as vice president, as assistant,
... You work alongside a person who have made the most of it, and you at a servant role.
Make the man you serve more successful.

2 kings 5: 14 Elisha heal a man... and he offer him some presents...

What are the present?.. 2 kings 5:5

if you are not careful, you could be tempted.

Secret greed start at this point.

Borrowing Elisha's popularity

Gehazi begans to rationalize...
" we would seems uncourteous if we do not accept the gifts from him.."
" He has millions.."
" He not need to carry all back....we can have some..."
"It's amazing how God lives.. "
"my master have plenty, but i have nothing... i serve him faithfully and deligently, may be he doesn't need this, but my family needs this...."

Rationalization..takes away the integrity of the soul, takes away the guilt.

What's wrong here?
Gehazi has never offered the present
Elisha has chosen not to accept it, a lesson to learn by assistant.
U work along a person, he says it, u follow. Else, you become someone else servant.
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Yeah.. Got the message? Beware of the GREED in us.. expecially the secret greed, where it leads to rationalize, and finding all sort of reasons to ease your guilt, and there you go.......... a path of falling into temptation............ destruction............

1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful, he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

:)