🚫 The Danger of Pride | A Call to Humility

Pride leads to downfall, distorting our relationship with God and others. Recognizing its dangers is essential to living a humble, Christlike life.

The Bible doesn’t just caution us about pride—it warns us repeatedly that it’s a destructive force.

📖 “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

— Proverbs 16:18

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Pride can disguise itself in many forms:

• Self-righteousness

• Self-reliance

• Comparison

• The need to always be right

• The refusal to repent

It’s sneaky… and often praised by the world as confidence or ambition.

But God sees through it.

Pride makes us trust in ourselves instead of depending on the Lord. It hardens our hearts, blinds us to truth, and prevents us from loving others well—because it centers everything around us.

📖 “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

— James 4:6

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Jesus, the King of Kings, humbled Himself as a servant.

He washed feet.

He forgave while hanging on the cross.

And He invites us into that same humility—not to tear us down, but to free us from the bondage of pride and lift us up in His grace.

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⍰ So here’s the question:

Is there any pride in your heart that God is asking you to lay down today?

Ask Him to reveal it gently.

Let His Spirit guide you into a life marked by humility, love, and grace.

Because in God’s Kingdom…

The way up is down. ⬇️

🕊️ “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.”

— James 4:10

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