Desires can be tricky. Is it okay to have them? Is it okay to voice them? What if I get my way? Does that make me selfish? In this episode of Breaking Bread, Brian Sutter helps us understand how having and voicing desires is not all bad, in fact, it can be healthy.

Unhealthy Desire

Healthy Desire

Desire for things that God has not allowed.

Desire for things that God has given to us to enjoy.

Selfishness: insisting on satisfying one's desires in a way that brings about strife and is at the expense of others.

Voicing desires while understanding that others have desires that will need to be acknowledged.

Damages relationships.

Enhances relationships.