Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the morning mindset.

Kerry Greene here. If you're new to the morning mindset, welcome. I'm glad you're here.

This is our daily opportunity to together get our minds and our hearts aligned with the

truth of God. That's our hope for this day. Is that we can think and therefore behave

as God thinks so that we can therefore live lives that bring him glory and bring him

honor. Today we'll be looking at Proverbs 24 verses 1 and 2 where Solomon is going to

guide us to think about the evil outcomes that come from evil hearts and how to avoid

being one of those people. Now, before we get going on to remind you that on my website,

there are many books and blog posts and things like that for those of you who enjoy reading

and spending time pondering a little more deeply on some of the subjects that we talk

about here. You can go to Kerry Greene.com that's C-A-R-E-Y Greene like the color.com and

find my books tab to see the books that I've written and also the blog tab to see the

blogs that come out every other week, every week, something like that. It varies just

because my schedule varies. So, check that out. I would love to have you interact with

me there. Alright, today Proverbs 24 1 through 2 says, be not envious of evil men nor

desire to be with them. For their hearts devise violence and their lips talk of trouble.

Now, let's think for a moment about what it means to envy someone. That's the warning

that Solomon's giving us is to be careful that we're not envious of people who are evil.

So to be envious is to see their life and think there's something in their life you want

or something in their life you wish you had. You see, being envious is a form of discontent.

It's a form of dissatisfaction with the life that God has already given us. And Solomon

is warning us, don't be envious especially of people who are evil and don't desire to

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