Be Careful

Scripture “Be careful that you don’t forget the LORD your God by failing to keep his commands, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. ~Deuteronomy 8:11, CSB Quote Success is not final and failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~Sir Winston Churchill There are twenty four “Be Careful’s” in Deuteronomy…

Humility Verses Pride

Scripture In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. ~ 1 Peter 5:5 (CSB) Quote Humility puts others first. ~David Walls This is coming up in my 1 Peter series but…

The Pride Of Ephraim

Scripture The Ephraimite archers turned back on the day of battle.  They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law. They forgot what he had done, the wondrous works he had shown them. ~ Psalms 78:9-11 (CSB) Quote “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” ~George Santayana The tribe of Ephraim…

The Pride of Tyre

Scripture “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.”  ~Ezekiel 28:2, CSB Quote Pride is the spiritual cancer that devours family, destroys relationships, and divides…

The Example

Scripture What god of any nation has ever been able to save its people from my power? So what makes you think that the LORD can rescue Jerusalem from me?” ~Isaiah 36:20, NLT Quote Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. ~Solomon Yesterday we talked about PRIDE and today we have a perfect example. Sennacherib was the king of the…

The Law Is The Law

Scripture Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor.  ~Proverbs 29:23, NLT Quote Pride is the mother hen under which all sins are hatched. ~C. S. Lewis The verse above restates the same principle found in Proverbs 16:18, Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. The end result of pride is humiliation: this is God’s…

Pride And Wealth

Scripture Rich men are conceited, but their real poverty is evident to the poor. ~Proverbs 28:11, LNT Quote Money has never made a man happy and never will. Instead of filling a vacuum, it creates a larger one. ~Ben Franklin Let me say two things right off of the bat, Ben Franklin was one smart…

The Essence of Sin

Scripture True humility and fear of the LORD lead to riches, honor, and long life. ~Proverbs 22:4, NLT Quote Pride is self-centeredness turned wrong side out. ~Max Anders The essence of sin is found in Isaiah 53:6, All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; But the…

Pride

Scripture Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.  ~Proverbs 16:18 Quote “It was pride that changed an angel into a devil.” ~Augustine I bought three new commentaries on Proverbs and all three were very expensive. Only one of the three is a verse by verse commentary, the other two deal with themes…

Pride

Scripture When I was prosperous, I said, “Nothing can stop me now!”  ~Psalms 30:6 Quote One reason God permits trials is that we might not get comfortable in our faith and stop growing. ~Warren W. Wiersbe This is a Psalm of David but we don’t know exactly when it was written. What we do know…