Thought Cards | Tag: ambitious
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"It is too difficult for me"
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Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
"If he does not do well, then I will be the best"
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Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Our focus and standard should be Jesus alone not the abilities or inabilities of others.
Romans 11:36 "For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen."
It is not about anyone being the best but all about Christ being glorified. It is all about desiring and promoting the glory of Christ. The glory of Christ is only promoted when we love and desire the best for one another.
"If everyone fails, then I'll be the best"
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James 2:8 "If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture,
true failure is the failure to love desire or work towards a neighbors success as much as you love desire and work for your own.
Philippians 2:3 ,3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.,4 "Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.",5 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:",6 "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not a thing to be grasped to be equal with God:"
The best person in a group is the one who places the interests and success of the rest above his
"The end justifies the means"
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Jeremiah 17:11 "As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool."
Luke 12:20 "
Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.
Psalm 55:23 "But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you."
"If I do it alone all the benefits will be mine"
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1Corinthians 13:5 "Does not behave itself rudely, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, keeps no record of evil;"
1Corinthians 3:9 "For we are laborers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building."
involving others in a project is an honour to God who always involves men in His works though He is omnipotent
1Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
2Timothy 3:2 "For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,"
Ecclesiastes 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Things become difficult when we try to do the work of the Spirit with the our flesh for God who is a loving God anoints us with His Spirit that we might work by Him