Grace Immanuel Bible Church: Men of Grace and Granite

Nurture and Cultivate a Life that is Humble (Part 2) [Note: Part 1 was not recorded.]

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Jesus said in Luke 14:11, “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” If you think you are something, God is going to put things in your life to bring you to a place where you see yourself rightly. Those who strive to see themselves rightly will be exalted in usefulness to God. The goal is to become more useful to the Lord. The twelve practical principles for crushing pride and cultivating humility are:

  1. Submit to Christ’s Lordship.
  2. Learn everything scripture says about the cross.
  3. Open your heart to the Holy Spirit’s renewal.
  4. Seek God’s mercy when you fail.
  5. Pardon every offense against you.
  6. Pursue righteous ambition and flee every other kind.
  7. Confess and forsake unrighteous jealousy and envy.
  8. Confess that what we have is undeserved.
  9. Rejoice when others are exalted.
  10. Never inflate your self-assessment.
  11. Learn to embrace obscurity.
  12. Nurture a heart of contentment.
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