1. Jealousy is a devouring spirit that feeds insecurity and closes one off from God's truth. 2. Jealousy causes envy of others' gifts and positions and hardens the heart, distorting perceptions. 3. Jealousy is a sign of spiritual immaturity, looking at things from a worldly rather than faith-based perspective that kills vision.

1. Breaking the Spirit
of Jealousy

2. • “Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but
who can stand before jealousy?” (Proverbs
27:4)
• Envy–burning desire to have–coveting what
another has: empty hands that crave to be
filled; usually involves two people.
• Jealousy–burning desire to keep; possessive of
what one has; full hands that fear being
emptied; usually involves three people

3. • The Bible says that the Spirit of God departed
from Saul when a spirit of jealousy entered
him!
• Today the Spirit of God will not depart from a
believer when jealousy enters, but that spirit
will blind us and cause us to stumble.
• The Spirit of Jealousy is one of the most
deceptive and many-faceted demonic forces

4. • Now the Spirit of the LORD had departed from
Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD
tormented him.” – 1 Samuel 16:14 (NIV)
• We need to be careful that a spirit of jealousy
does not take hold of us and put out the
Spirit’s fire on the inside of us!
• Jealousy brings division

5. • someone gets a promotion in the church
before you do. You see it as unfair and it
escalates from there.
• God has made everything beautiful in its right
season so don’t worry, your time will come
when you are ready and the time is right.
• The seasons and times belong to God alone.

6. 1. Jealousy is a devouring spirit.
• It will feed insecurity.
• It is the opposite of faith, because by being
jealous of what someone else has, people stop
believing in their own destiny that God has
purposefully set up for every believer
uniquely.

7. 2. Jealousy causes us to envy.
• Envy can cause us to covet things that really
are not part of our “spiritual makeup”. For
example specific gifts or positions.
• Deal with insecurity, deal with issues that
cause jealousy get healing and move forward.
– All those things that are meant for us, will
come as the Spirit leads in God’s time.
• Never try to be something or someone you
are not! It will always be a struggle!

8. 3. Jealousy closes us off to God’s
truth.
• If jealousy is inside of us, it closes us off to
truth.
• We cannot receive from those over us in the
LORD because we will refuse to hear & see
them as mentors, but rather we will always be
looking to “compete” instead of receiving.

9. • Be sure you are first receiving and standing in
agreement with those joined to your ministry,
before you draw off or acknowledge voices on
the outside.

10. 4. Jealousy hardens the heart.
• Jealousy has devoured and hardened people’s
hearts, it causes them to leave churches, it causes
leaders, to fragment, it causes churches to split,
because its root is pride and insecurity.
• It distorts perceptions of self and others.
• It creates spiritual blindness in not honouring
those God has put in our midst to guide and help
us.

11. • We cannot honour those we envy, or are
jealous of, it is a paradox! It is a constant
struggle.

12. 5. Jealousy is a sign of spiritual
immaturity.
• Jealousy is a sign of spiritual immaturity because
with jealousy we are still seeing things from a
worldly perspective.
• When we are looking from this perspective we
see the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ and we are draw
conclusions about how God sees us and loves us
from circumstances, not from a point of faith.
• When we look from a carnal perspective it kills
vision.

13. 6. Walk by faith and not by sight.
• Being able to receive word, and acknowledge
where it comes from is a sign of spiritual
maturity.
• We must walk by faith and not by sight.
• Release it to the LORD, repent, and ask the
LORD to give you eyes to see.

14. Acts 5:17 & 1 Cor. 3:3
• Jesus said love one another, and LEARN from
each other.
• The more comfortable we are with ourselves,
the more we desire to give recognition and
honor to the LORD and other people.
• God will take care of us, there are no
favorites!

15. HAPPY
SABBAT
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