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But, and here comes the rub, all of us feel that we are in complete control of our desire for things. We would never admit to an ungovernable spirit of covetousness. The problem is that we, like the alcoholic, are unable to recognize the disease once we have been engulfed by it. Only by the help of others are we able to detect the inner spirit that places wealth about God. And we must come to fear the idolatrous state of covetousness because the moment things have priority, radical obedience becomes impossible.

Richard J. Foster
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Our covetousness for miracles and wonders leads into self-deception

Sunday Adelaja
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By covetousness, people will exploit you with deceptive words

Sunday Adelaja
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When I realize that God makes his gifts fit each person, there's no way I can covet what you got because it just wouldn't fit me.

William P. Smith, Loving Well
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Covetousness gives birth to violence, while violence gives birth to oppression.

Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance
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I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who have both, have it all.

Donna Lynn Hope
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When you see injustice among the nations, you will find out that the root cause is covetousness.

Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance
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No misery compares to staring at a clear night's sky with arms stretched toward a coveted star, wishing on what is forever out of reach.

Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
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The architect and the father of war are covetousness of the leaders and of different interest groups fueling war.

Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance
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I love Prada. Not so much the clothes, which are for malnourished thirteen-year-olds, but I covet, with covety covetousness, the shoes and handbags. Like, I LOVE them. If I was given a choice between world peace and a Prada handbag, I'd dither. (I'm not proud of this, I'm only saying.)

Marian Keyes, Further Under the Duvet
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