pride

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  1. MatthewG

    Is there an importance to be founded when it comes to being humble, lowly?

  2. L.A.M.B.

    Let us Compare........& Examine

    I took some time off to self examine and put right perspective on what is actually " being said" by myself and others, that rubs us all wrong. Here are 3 word definitions: 1.arrogant, adjective having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities. 2. pride, noun 1. a...
  3. MatthewG

    Study of Pride - Humbleness

    From my own life, there have been many times before having come to God where I believed that I was above others. Pride in having come to know the Lord Jesus even, and looking down on other people. Even as a Christian, looking down on other people because they perhaps had done bad things, like...
  4. Ferris Bueller

    'Ain't Nothing Left At All in the End of Being Proud'

    That's a line from a song I listen to often. It makes me think of how destructive the sin of pride is. We guard ourselves by being too proud to show our feelings. And at the end of life we have spouses, sons and daughters, and friends who we were too proud to tell we were proud of them, or we...
  5. icxn

    Escaping pride, vainglory, the pleasing of men, and hypocrisy

    The following essay is from this book. I decided to post it for three reasons. To confess my own captivity to these vices and warn others of the danger; like a traveler stuck in the mud warning passersby. To give an example of what it means “the law is spiritual,” and the whole of the Old...
  6. EMBRACKING SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT

    EMBRACKING SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT

    Only with God-given discernment can we tell apart the good and evil influences that surround us. We often come up against "demonic influences". This influence is a spiritual force that twists and taints and pollutes God's ways. It is like a spider web, and people get stuck -- writhing in their...
  7. VictoryinJesus

    Tempted by satan

    Luke 4: 2-14 and Mark 1: 12-13 give the account of the Spirit driving the Lord out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Peirazo, meaning to “try” or “test”. It is important to note that the devil is prevented by the Father until the Son is physically hungry. The Lord being not...