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Humility
Personal blog posted by Avah on August 4, 2008 at 5:44am
Pride
"God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble."
My name is Pride. I am a cheater.
I cheat you of your Yahweh-given destiny...because you demand your own way.
I cheat you of contentment...because you "deserve better than this."
I cheat you of knowledge...because you already know it all.
I cheat you of healing...because you're too full of me to forgive.
I cheat you of holiness...because you refuse to admit when you're wrong.
I cheat you of vision...becasue you'd rather look in the mirror than out a window.
I cheat you of genuine friendship...because nobody's going to know the real you.
I cheat you of love...because real romance demands sacrifice.
I cheat you of greatness in heaven...because you refuse to wash another's feet on earth.
I cheat you of Yahweh's glory...because I convince you to seek your own.
My name is Pride. I am a cheater.
You like me because you think I'm always looking out for you. Untrue.
Yahweh has so much for you, I admit.
But don't worry...
If you stick with me, You'll never know.
-Broadman & Holman
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At every stage of our Christian development and in every sphere of our Christian discipleship, pride is our greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend.
-John Stott
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Humility is...
...not the trait of thinking of self as less of worth. Humility is not thinking of self at all, whether good or bad. Humility is thinking of others and seeking their advancement. To think about your condition and try to be humble is pride itself, for it is valuing self above all.
-Michael Pearl
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"In lowliness of mind let each of you esteem others better than himself."
Philippians 2:3
Isaiah 57:15
"For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity,
whose name is Holy:
"I dwell in the high and holy place,
With him who has a contrite and humble spirit."
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A true servant
"And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit own to eat'?
But will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink'?
Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not. So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.' "
-Luke 17:7-10
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As true servants, we must be willing to have one thing on top of another be put upon us, without any consideration being given us.
Secondly, in doing this we must be willing not to be thanked for it.
Thirdly, having done all this, we must not charge the other with selfishness.
Fourth, having humility to confess that we are unprofitable servants (that is, that we are no real use to man or God in and of ourselves).
Fifth, the admission that doing and bearing what we have in the way of meekness and humility, we have not done one stitch more than it was our duty to do.
Am I willing to be that servant?
-Roy Hession in The Calvary Road
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O God whose will conquers all,
There is no comfort in anything apart from enjoying Thee
and being engaged in Thy service...
I am well pleased with Thy will, whatever it is,
or should be in all respects,
And if Thou bidst me decide for myself in any affair
I would choose to refer all to Thee,
for Thou art infinitely wise and cannot do amiss,
as I am in danger of doing.
I rejoice to think that all things are at Thy disposal,
and it delights me to leave them there...
I can of myself do nothing to glorify Thy blessed name,
but I can through grace cheerfully surrender soul and body to Thee.
Front page of Surrender: The Heart God Controls
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True greatness
:: Brokeness means to have no rights before God and man.
"This is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit."
Isaiah 66:2
:: God is decisively drawn to humility. The person who is humble is the one who draws God's attention...and attracts His grace. Think about that: there's something you can do to attract more of God's gracious undeserved, supernatural strength and assistance!
:: Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in the light of God's holiness and our sinfulness.
:: Pride takes innumerable forms, but has only one end: self glorification. It is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him.
Excerpts from Humility: True Greatness by CJ Mahaney
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The Personal Touch
Thou Great I AM,
I acknowledge and confess that all things come of Thee --
:: life, breath, happiness, advancement,
:: sight, touch, hearing,
:: goodness, truth, beauty --
:: all that makes existence amiable.
In the spiritual world also I am dependent entirely upon Thee.
Give me grace to know more of my need of grace;
Show me my sinfulness that I may willingly confess it;
Reveal to me my weakness that I may know my strength in Thee.
I thank Thee for any sign of penitence; give me more of it;
My sins are black and deep, and rise from a stony, proud, self-righteous heart;
Help me to confess them with mourning, regret, self-loathing,
with no pretence to merit or excuse;
I need healing,
Good Physician, here is scope for Thee,
come and manifest Thy power;
I need faith;
Thou who hast given it me, maintain, strengthen, increase it,
Centre it upon the Saviour's work,
:: upon the majesty of the Father,
:: upon the operations of the Spirit;
Work it in me now that I may never doubt Thee
:: as the truthful, mighty, faithful God.
Then I can bring my heart to Thee
full of love, gratitude, hope, joy.
May I lay at Thy feet these fruits grown in Thy garden,
:: love Thee with a passion that can never cool,
:: believe in Thee with a confidence that never staggers,
:: hope in Thee with an expectation that can never be dim,
:: delight in Thee with a rejoicing that cannot be stifled,
:: glorify Thee with the highest of my powers,
burning, blazing, glowing, radiating, as from Thy own glory.
Excerpt from The Valley of Vision: A collection of Puritan prayers
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