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DDD: Selfish Ambition Is Sabotaging You (Here’s How God Says To Win)

12 min · 24 de may de 2026
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Give me 7+ Minutes on your drive into work today  Everyone talks about the ‘big sins’ they’d never touch, but what about the ‘respectable’ ones you quietly tolerate? Resentment, jealousy, selfish ambition are not just bad attitudes; the Bible calls that kind of wisdom earthly, natural, even demonic—and it’s destroying your family, your church, your business, and your party from the inside out. In this devotion, we’re going straight at those hidden heart issues and showing you how repentance and servant leadership can uproot disorder and every evil thing. If you’re tired of conflict and envy running your relationships, this is for you.  In this episode, Pastor Brian Noble unpacks Romans 13 and James 3 to show how jealousy, strife, resentment, and selfish ambition are “relational sins” that quietly destroy families, churches, businesses, and political movements. Pastor Brian explains that when our hearts are driven by envy and ambition, our so‑called wisdom becomes earthly, natural, and demonic, producing disorder and every evil thing. The path forward is repentance, returning to true servant leadership, and embracing wisdom from above that is pure, peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering and without hypocrisy. He closes by praying for our leaders—from local officials to President Trump—and calling listeners to defend and advance biblical values in the public square.  We are transforming our hearts so we can shape the public square. If you're interested in starting a public square ministry, check out these free resources - https://fpiw.org/public-square-ministry.  Donate Today - https://fpiw.bndlr.co/ [https://fpiw.bndlr.co/]  TAKE ACTION Don’t Just talk about it - DOWNLOAD The “WASHINGTON DEFENDER APP” today https://fpiw.org/washington-defender-app/ [https://fpiw.org/washington-defender-app/]

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