need to ‘one up’ whatever you say? If you talk about some kind of

struggle, they respond with how much harder they have struggled. If you

relate something you’ve learned, sure enough, they have learned that

long ago and mastered it. It’s really frustrating isn’t it? This is an

expression of pride, and pride is a tremendous barrier in relationship.

If we’re called to love others, we need to go to war with the patterns

of pride in our own lives. In fact, we need to replace them with

practices of humility. We’re going to take a look today at some of what

the Bible says about how pride impacts our ability to love others.

We’ll try to come to some ideas on how we can practice humility instead.

As an added bonus, we’ll hear an update from our missionaries Josh and

Kelly Hallahan on their ministry in Kentucky.