Hostile Desires

Just as good food can go bad, good desires can go hostile (when you start to think you need that thing to be happy). Hostile desires war against your conscience, and when they win that war, they strike out at anyone or anything that gets in their way. Win the war within by looking to God to satisfy the desires of your soul. Love God and use His gifts (rather than loving His gifts and using Him to get them). Pride results in entitlement, which destroys prayer.