Kol 1:19-20

Ètò ìwé-kíkà ọlọ́jọ́ mẹ́rin yìí yànnàná ìwé tí Paulu kọ sí àwọn ará Kólósè, níbi tí ó ti tako ẹ̀kọ́ òdì tó fi ń rán wa létí pé Jésù - ẹni gíga jùlọ àti alóhun-gbogbo lódùlódù - ṣẹ̀dá àgbáyé, ó sì gba aráyé là. Paulu tún ṣètò ọgbọ́n ìṣàmúlò lórí ìbáṣepọ̀ láàárín ẹbí, àdúrà, ìgbé-ayé ìwà mímọ́, àti ohun tó túmọ̀ sí láti wà ní ìṣọ̀kan nínú ìfẹ́.

Now, more than ever, we are faced with everyone’s life as they want it to be seen, and the comparison to our own lives stirs up envy. You do not want this spirit festering in you, but what about the damage envy causes when it is coming against you from another person? In this reading plan, you will discover how to overcome envy, safeguard your heart, and walk in freedom.

Ǹjẹ́ àwọn ìbẹ̀rùbojo ati àìláàbò ayéè rẹ ti tì ọ́ sínú ìdánimọ̀ tó ṣe àjèjì? Kíni ìwọ̀n ìyàtọ̀ tó wà ní àárín ẹni tí ìwọ jẹ́ ní òtítọ́ àti àwòrán rẹ tí o fi ń han àwọn míràn? Ní ìbásepọ̀ pẹ̀lú LUMO àti OneHope, àti tó dá lórí ìwàásù Àlùfáà Tyler Staton, ètò ọlọ́jọ́ méje yí yóò mú ẹ ṣe àyẹ̀wò òtítọ́ kodoro tó wà lẹ́yìn “ara èké.

The false gods invented by humankind to give definition to a god they knew must exist, were, unsurprisingly, very much like humankind. They had to be cajoled and bribed by acts of devotion to take notice of us. But the one true God has taken the initiative and seeks us out––to rescue us back to himself. And that is the Christmas story.