‘Greed — for lack of a better word — is good.

Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and

captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Greed, in all of its forms — greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge

— has marked the upward surge of mankind.’

UK Card purchases 30 Million per day

UK Card and Cash purchases £2 Billion per day

UK Credit Card Debt £57 Billion (£57'400'000'000

UK Personal Debt £1.43 Trillion (£1'429'624'000'000)

To want To desire

To long for To lust

Old Testament

’avah / batsa‘ / betsa‘ / chamad

New Testament aphilarguros / epithumeo / zeloo / oregomai

pleonektes / pleonexia / philarguros

“ Covet ”

Category Example

Ability Eve

Position Joseph’s Bre

Carnal David Possessions Achan

Discontentment Uncontrolled lust Excessive desire

Envy Jealousy / Competition

Self / Family Pride Self Sufficiency / Trust

Greed

Motivations Negative Positive

Helpful Beneficial

Love Enjoyment Happiness

Health Filling emptiness

Useful

Philippians 4 v 8

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,

whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,

whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,

think on these things.

Covet earnestly (1 Corinthians 12 v 31)

Godliness with contentment (1 Timothy 6 v 6)