Do You Play the Comparison Game?

The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)

Ascension

Self-improvement, Education, Christianity, Jeff Cavins, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Faith, Bible Study, Catholic, Catholicism, Christian, Catholic Bible Study, Ascension, Ascension Press

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🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Do you tend to compare yourself to other people? Jeff explores how the habit of comparing ourselves to others—especially in a world shaped by social media and expectations—can rob us of gratitude and distort our identity.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Ascension. To discover even more free Catholic podcasts,
0:05.6	videos, and resources, to help you live your faith every day, visit ascensionpress.com.
0:11.7	Welcome to the Jeff Kaven Show, where we talk about the Bible, discipleship, and evangelization,
0:18.5	putting it all together in living as activated disciples.
0:23.8	This is show 458. Do you play the comparison game?
0:34.1	Hello, I'm Jeff Kavans, and thank you for joining me today.
0:38.0	Well, this is listening on Friday.
0:39.7	It's the day after Thanksgiving.
0:41.5	And I hope you had a very good Thanksgiving on behalf of everyone from Ascension.
0:47.0	Happy Thanksgiving.
0:47.9	Really hope you had a good one.
0:49.3	And I want to talk to you today a little bit about Thanksgiving, but kind of a different angle today.
0:55.8	And that angle is going to be about the problem and the game of comparing yourself to other
1:03.3	people. Because I have found that when we play that game of comparing ourselves to others and
1:09.8	their expectations and their achievements,
1:12.8	we really miss what's right in front of us, that which we can give thanks for,
1:18.2	that God has provided in our life and he's done in our life and who he made us.
1:23.8	And if we start this comparison game, wow, it seems like we always just kind of sort of end up on the short end of the stick.
1:30.7	You know what I mean?
1:31.8	Say, if you do want the notes today and there are some notes, you can get them absolutely free.
1:38.5	Just text my name, Jeff Kaven's, one word, Jeff Kavins, and you can text it to 33777, quite biblical, 3377.
1:49.4	I do pray that God will open this up for you as far as knowing who you are in relationship to Jesus
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