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How to Remove Seeds of Selfishness {Wisdom from Murray}

June 20, 2012 | Posted by GodCenteredMom on Wisdom from Murray / Tagged: Andrew Murray, How to Raise Children for Christ, love, Selfishness, sin | 7 comments

“When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God…When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.” Genesis 5:1,3 “Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.” Genesis 4:8 Adam’s sin became Cain’s sin: God made man in His image. As the Creator of life, in His image, men have the ability to ...

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7 comments

  1. reply → joyceandnorm June 20, 2012 at 18:21

    I love the little picture with the 4 parts of How to Remove the Seeds of Selfishness. Keep it coming!

    • reply → GodCenteredMom June 20, 2012 at 22:56

      Thanks for the encouragement!

  2. reply → Leah June 20, 2012 at 19:19

    One of the hardest things to swallow as a mother is seeing my ugliness manifest in my children. Its like a punch to the gut. And yes the root of all ugly sin is selfishness. I like the phrase you used of “holy love”. I try to of course do those things, but maybe by attributing that title to it, it will help me to pursue it more…not just “well I really should”.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Cheers

    • reply → GodCenteredMom June 20, 2012 at 22:56

      Oh it is sooo hard to see my yuckiness in my kids. Definitely a “punch in the gut”. Isn’t Andrew Murray so wise? He takes parenting kids for Christ and simplifies down to love. holy love. Thanks for commenting!

  3. reply → patty June 21, 2012 at 20:46

    Thanks for sharing your heart – this was encouraging
    patty from http://www.fanta4two.com

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