Welcome to the InTouch podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, August 13th.

Do you find yourself measuring yourself against the accomplishments of others?

That attitude is more destructive than you might think.

Let's open the scriptures to find biblical help to get around the stumbling block of status.

Now the word status is not to be found anywhere in the Bible, but the attitude is found

all the way through the scriptures.

And I believe that status is a major problem in the heart of many people today, and there

many people who are inflicted with it who do not even realize that their problem is statisitis.

And that is, they have an attitude about themselves that is incorrect,

an attitude about themselves that is displeasing to God and harming in their relationship with other people.

Now, statocitis isn't just the matter of person to person.

It is a problem in industry today. It is a problem in the church. It is a problem in the home.

It is a problem in our nation. That many, many people are simply seeking status. They want a superior position, a superior place, a superior salary, they want a place

of prominence in the eyes of other people. What I want us to do is to see what our Lord teaches

here about this matter of status and for us to examine our hearts to see if we buy any chance

are plagued with that disease,

because if we are, it is hindering us personally in every area of our life.

So first of all, let's define status.

Status is an attitude of the mind and heart.

It is the attitude of superiority.

It is the attitude of seeking prominence and recognition.

A man doesn't have to be rich to be a status seeker. He can be the poorest man in the community

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