Slide 1: Pride will cost you more than you think. Slide 2: Pride looks like: “I don’t need God for this.” “I already know.” “I can handle it on my own.” Slide 3: Pride slowly hardens the heart, resists correction, and pushes God’s wisdom aside. Slide 4: But choosing humility will help you listen, grow, and depend on God. Slide 5: Before pride leads to a fall, choose humility. God can do more with a surrendered heart.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. - 1 Corinthians 13:4
Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. - Colossians 3:12
"Be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone." - Titus 3:1-2
Outdo one another in showing honor
God uses willing hearts, not perfect ones.
"The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life." - Proverbs 22:4
What does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? - Micah 6:8
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. - Luke 1:52
True victory is found not in self-exaltation, but in surrender.
Stop saying this…start praying this…
Things that quietly steal humility from your life:
When you're in control of the situation, God can't be.
True humility grows when Christ increases and we decrease.
The greatness of the man’s power is the measure of his surrender. - William Booth
Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. - Proverbs 19:20
Maundy Thursday
Jesus didn’t demand a throne. He picked up a towel.
What Palm Sunday teaches us about pride:
Palm Sunday
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Pride is your greatest enemy, humility is your greatest friend. - John Stott
Holy Week
The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility.
