The key to winning friends—and keeping them

Pastor Zachary Elliott
Zachary Elliott, 2020
In ancient mythology, there was once a man named Narcissus who noticed his reflection in the still waters of a stream. Mesmerized by his own beauty, he fell in love with his reflection and sat there gazing at it night and day. So consumed with himself, he eventually wasted away and died, alone by the stream.While we may not literally stare at our reflections, many of us struggle with putting ourselves first in relationships. If you want to win friends and keep them, you have to set aside narcissism and choose to value others above yourself.Philippians 2:3 says, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves.”Let’s be honest—we all have a little selfishness in us. And as we know, selfishness can destroy relationsh
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