"Why don't I care about other people? Why does my brain work this way? Am I broken? What is wrong with me?"

If you find yourself asking these questions, this podcast is for you. This is one of the most horrifying thoughts a person can have because it undercuts and calls into question the sincerity and goodness of every action that you do. "Am I doing this selfishly, or am I truly thinking of others?"

Relationships are messy. They are messy between friends, family, spouses, siblings, and strangers. We are supposed to exhibit the utmost care for others, even thinking of others as greater than ourselves (Philippians 2:3), but this is extremely difficult. You may find that even with the people you are "supposed to be close to", you don't love them the way you're supposed to, the way you want to, the way you ought to. You don't love your neighbor as yourself. So what are we to do in this situation?

God's word has the answers for us in James 3:13-18 and 4:1-10. We have a lot of emotions that are going on inside of us all the time, wars of ambitions and jealousy. These emotions make it difficult to parse out true intentions and motives, but with God's truth as our aid, our care for other people can grow.

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