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Posted by Kenny Brown

I was convicted today listening to Erwin McManus talk about the consumption issues that face so many of us. How we live our lives for us and not for other people. In the Scriptures, Solomon talks about how meaningless life can be when it’s defined by consumption and our need for more. For a guy who loves his new iPhone, my life should become less focused on what I can get and more on what I can give to others. Instead of building a life for me, maybe it should be about building a life that impacts and influences people to Christ. It’s pretty easy to shift words a little and not realize how much I have shifted focus. Prayer can become self-serving, and not times of connecting to God or praying for others. God does tell us to make our requests known to Him, but praying only for yourself is where the problem can be. It seems so many of us are trying to see if Solomon was right, when he called our pursuit of wanting more and more, “meaningless.” I am certain I am not done learning this lesson.

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