Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Power of Spiritual Thinking - Ambition: from God or Satan

May 8th, 2008
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Depending on the motive:

There is positive ambitions - Romans 15:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:11
There is negative ambitions - Galatians 5:20

There is pure spiritual ambitions with bad motives:
Matthew 20:20-28 - wanted their shot at the left and right seats of Jesus

We often want the right things for the wrong reasons

• Too focused on positional goals in the church
• Excel at work or school - not working for the Lord but working for self - Colossians 3:23
• Too much pressure for a child to succeed - Train a child in the way he should go - Proverbs 22:6
• Allowing secondary motivation become the primary motivation

Examples of primary and secondary motivations:

Subject	Primary	Secondary
Job	Glorify God	Make money; Career
Following God	Love God with everything we have	Learning Bible facts, being disciplined, spiritual goals