Dependent: Thank God in the Midst of Evil

Ignore the wicked, Trust the Lord

We are indistinguishable from the things to which we pay attention

Envy saints, not sinners (Don’t use Envy?)

How would it be possible to do this today? Jealous of nonbelievers?

Expand your timeline (Remember that your life is much longer than today and tomorrow)

Simplify your life (

Leave the results to God (Don’t seek revenge)

Revenge comes at scale, it does not satisfy justice

The purpose of the justice system (Peter passage, punish the wicked and reward the righteous)

vv. 1-2 (The Wicked) Give your attention to the world Wisely

The Social Dilemma (“If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product) (https://launchpad.syr.edu/3-things-we-learned-about-social-media-from-netflixs-the-social-dilemma/)

Tristan Harris, former Google Design Ethicist

American philosopher and psychologist William James, “Your life experience is what you choose to pay attention to.”

When our attention spans are short and preoccupied with unfruitful material we forget about the future, and fill the present with self-destructive distractions. Satan does want you passionate for the occult and satanic practices, He needs to render you too preoccupied with other things to be passionate about the Father.

vv. 4-6 (The Lord) Give your energy to God quickly

Merging our desires with God’s

Count your blessings name them one by one (Why? Because we forget if we don’t. Why else? Because we won’t recognize them as as blessings. Why else? We will be too preoccupied with other avenues of consumption that consuming the fruitful word of God and His work in our lives simply doesn’t have time to fit.)

vv. 7-8 (The Wicked) Get rid of envy today

Our attention can determine our aim. Playing basketball (looking at the basket), hammering a nail (look at the nail), playing golf (don’t hit that tree, don’t hit that tree, immediately I hit the tree).

Group distinctions

Our differences can become our self-concepts (how we seee ourselves

Leads to Envy (I’m jealous of you because....) or Pride (I’m better than you because....)

We can become the wicked, in whole or in part. If we focus on them, we can become them. The laws of man vs the laws of nature (Taylor Sheridan), Western Justice