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Home/Featured/10 Cravings of the Sinful Nature

10 Cravings of the Sinful Nature

What does the intense longing that comes from your sinful nature look like?

Written by Colin Smith | Saturday, April 30, 2016

If you are discouraged in ministry, expect the sinful nature to produce thoughts about quitting. The sinful nature will say, “You deserve better than this. There’s something else you could do.” The sinful nature will always produce these cravings, strong desires, and intense longings.

 

What are the cravings of the sinful nature? What kinds of strong desire does the sinful nature produce? What does the intense longing that comes from your sinful nature look like?

Here are 10 examples. You’ll recognize them immediately.

1.  When you are blessed, the sinful nature produces pride: The sinful nature wants to take the credit.

2. When others succeed, the sinful nature produces envy: The sinful nature says, “It should have been me.”

3. When you do something good, the sinful nature is self-righteous: It says, “Look what I did!”

4. When you do something wrong, the sinful nature goes into denial: The sinful nature says, “It wasn’t me!”

5. When you suffer, the sinful nature indulges in self pity.

6. When you don’t get what you want, the sinful nature gets irritable, frustrated, and angry.

7. When your work is not recognized or appreciated, the sinful nature gets resentful.

8. When you are in a conflict the sinful nature produces self-justification: It says, “I’m right!”

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