SELF LOVE IS THE CAUSE OF ALL OUR MISERIES, AND RENDERS US UNWORTHY TO RECEIVE THE FAVORS OF DIVINE LOVE--SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA.
We all participate in one or more forms of prayer alone or in group and after participating for a certain period of time we need check our life and see whether we are living for ourself or are we living for Jesus.
If we are living for ourself then surely nothing good is going to come our way fully but in bits and pieces because of God's love and Grace. God checks our selfishness by allowing problems in our life .if we are depressed it clearly displays our selfishness or if we are joyful it displays that we are living for Jesus.
Many of us go for retreats, novenas, prayer meeting not because they want to grow in knowledge of the Word of God but they go because they want their problems to be solved. Once God solves their problems they are not to be seen either in the church or retreats or novenas or prayer meetings for years till the next problem strikes them.
Loving ourself more than God is starting point of all miseries in our life and because of this we are going to miss so many favors from the hands of the Living God.
God has given us the commandment to love Him above all things but people in this world choose love job, power, addictions, children, parents or any other person or things. When we do this we are comiting the sin of idolatry.
When we love ourself more than God we will be always thinking to satisfy our desires of the flesh and pleasures of the world.
We need to understand that FAVOR OF GOD IN OUR LIFE FOR ONE DAY IS WORTH MORE THAN OUR LABOR FOR LIFETIME.
Date:20: 10: 2019.
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