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                            Joel Stein wrote an excellent article in Time Magazine                                        Publishers RIVER MEDIA
                            titled Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation (May 20,                          Address: P/Bag X9027 • East London
                            2013), in which he profiles the millennial generation. The                 5200 • South Africa +27(0)43 711 4800
                            two pervading characteristics of this generation (typically
                            people born from 1980 to 2000) is narcissism and entitle-                                                          WEBSITE
                            ment. Stein outlines the various reasons that led to this re-                                         myfaithmag.com
                            sult and also concludes that this is a world-wide incidence
                            - “Each country’s millennials are different, but because                                                       FACEBOOK
                            of globalization, social media, the exporting of Western                                facebook.com/myfaithmag
                            culture and the speed of change, millennials worldwide
                            are more similar to one another than to older generations                                                          TWITTER
within their nations.”                                                                                                   twitter.com/myfaithmag

In essence, the problem with a millennial attitude is that it is completely anti-           No staff member, direct family or an advertiser
God. God is always giving, while a millennial attitude is always wanting. It is the        and their direct family may participate in any of
difference of two people coming with hands outstretched, the one with palms                MyFaith Magazine’s competitions or giveaways.
up asking for something to be placed in them, while the other comes with
something in their hands to give away. The problem with having palm-faced-up                      The views expressed in articles, letters, and
hands is the motivation that it is their ‘right’ to ask for something they never had         pictures are the responsibility of the respective
any intention of obtaining by effort. Entitlement, by its definition, encourages lazi-
ness. If one is constantly expecting a free handout (and then receiving it in most                   authors and are not necessarily those of
cases), it will cultivate a leech-culture - only taking and never giving anything                     MyFaith Magazine - the acceptance of
back in return. That is why Solomon writes, “The leech has two daughters, crying,
Give! Give!” [Proverbs 30:15a AMP]. Leeching is nothing more than greed.                                     advertisements does not indicate
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Greed, describes a selfish attitude, and selfishness is the antithesis to a Godly
nature. Perhaps it is for this reason God included greed in the Ten Command-
ments He gave to the Israelites in the desert. Greed is a monster that is insatiable,
and also an animal that grows in appetite the longer it is allowed to stay alive. It
is something that will cause you to throw all caution to the wind in your endeav-
ours simply for the sake of feeding it. It is therefore said that “a greedy person is
in a hurry to get rich, but he is ignorant of the loss that is about to overtake him”
[Proverbs 28:22 VOICE]. Selfishness has the tendency to consume a person, and
in the process of total absorption destroy all relationships and create an emo-
tionally desolate place. Ultimately a selfish person will end up alone and truly
lost to himself and the rest of humanity.

It is clear to see that a selfish attitude (greed) simply has no place in faithful
stewardship of God’s resources; and, without faithful stewardship there simply
cannot be any blessing - neither spiritual nor material

benefits whatsoever. So, will you join me in living a life dedicated to God and His
principles, and forsake the satisfying of ‘self’?
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