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Why Entitlement Sucks

“whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 18:14) Everyone knows how sucky it feels to be humbled. It almost always begins with entitlement: You think you deserve something, but then it slips from your grasp, or someone else [...]

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