Posted in humility on Apr 14th, 2011
One of the lessons that Christians learn early in their walk with the Lord is how to eat humble pie.
Well, at least most Christians do.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of trusting our own intelligence, abilities and life experience when it comes to tough decisions.
And, yes, those factors should be [...]
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Posted in humility on Feb 28th, 2011
It’s interesting, this idea of a glorious Messiah who doubles as the second person in the majestic Trinity and as the perfect role model for humility.
Jesus was the greatest and most powerful person ever to take human form and yet, concurrently, the most humble.
The wind and the waves and the demons of hell obeyed His [...]
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Posted in humility on Nov 15th, 2010
Hebrew 12:14 is one of those verses that we need to hear from time to time.
For it reminds us of how we can show our faith to others in an unmistakable fashion.
“Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.”
Notice the absence of [...]
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Posted in humility on Sep 21st, 2010
There was no mistaking Paul’s message that I read this morning in the One-Year Bible.
I am not the center of the universe.
The world doesn’t revolve around me.
I am not the alpha male of all mankind.
I am not more important than other people.
In view of the above, the last thing that I should do is to [...]
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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click When goals trump gripes
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Some of the griping that we face in life is not related to what we’re doing wrong, but instead what we’re doing right.
Yes, it’s true that our choices and actions are sometimes deserving of chastisement because we didn’t prepare well or we didn’t perform with [...]
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