God's Word on That

Tag: humility

  • Praying to Overcome Pride

    Father, Your Word says that You hate a proud look (Proverbs 6:16-17), that You resist the proud but give grace to the humble (James 4:6).  Your Word tells me a proud heart is sin (Proverbs 21:4) and that pride goes before destruction (Proverbs 16:18), but humility ends in honor (Proverbs 18:12) and the meek become wise (Proverbs 11:2).

    What do we have that has not been given to us from our Father in the first place?

    I have learned from Your Word that pride leads to arguments (Proverbs 13:10); that he who is of a proud heart stirs up strife (Proverbs 28:25). Pride ends in a fall (Proverbs 29:23). Pride for this life is not of the Father (1 John 2:16), for You, Father, are Love, and love is patient and kind; it is not proud (1 Corinthians 13:4). As Nebuchadnezzar showed us, those who walk in pride You are able to abase (Daniel 4:37).

    You tell me to not be proud, to not be conceited (Romans 12:16). According to Your Word, pride is in the company of “thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, and foolishness” (Mark 7:22). In such company, I so want to refrain from conceit and pride (Psalm 101:5).

    You mock mockers, but give Your grace to the humble (Proverbs 3:34). So I humble myself before You (Proverbs 6:3), asking Your forgiveness and mercy that I may once more rejoice in You (Isaiah 29:19). This is the one You esteem: “he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at My Word “(Isaiah 66:2). So I come to seek righteousness and humility, that I may be sheltered on the day of Your anger (Zephaniah 2:3). What have You ever required of me but to act justly, show mercy, and walk humbly with You? (Micah 6:8)

    You tell us to be completely humble and gentle (Ephesians 4:2). So, I submit myself therefore to You, my God (James 4:7).  Hezekiah humbled himself because of the pride of his heart (2 Chronicles 32:26) and so I come to do the same, humbling myself before You (Exodus 10:3). I willingly humble myself before You, Lord, knowing You will lift me up (James 4:10).

    You guide the humble in what is right and teach them Your ways (Psalm 25:9). You sustain the humble (Psalm 147:6) and crown them with Your salvation (149:4). So, I humble myself under Your mighty hand, O my Lord (1 Peter 5:6).  As an act of faith, I clothe myself with humility and happily receive Your grace (1 Peter 5:5).  With Your Spirit guiding me: I refuse to exalt myself; I will not think of myself more highly than I ought; I will not have an exaggerated opinion of my own importance, but I will rate my ability with sober judgment, according to the degree of faith You appointed to me (Romans 12:3). 

    Father, thank You that You dwell with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit.  You receive the spirit of the humble and revive the heart of the contrite (Isaiah 57:15).  Thank You that the reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life (Proverbs 22:4). With Your graces, O my Father, I will strive to be compassionate and humble (1 Peter 3:8).

    I will humbly accept this word that has been planted in me (James 1:21). Please let Your Spirit guide me to resist pride when it comes. 

  • God’s Kind of Gentleness

    God’s kind of gentleness is a meekness + mildness + humility; to be submissive. Meekness does not refer to weakness or passivity, but to controlled power. Humility is a personal quality in which an individual shows dependence on God and respect for other persons.

    And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death… (Philippians 2:8)

    By the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you (2 Corinthians 10:1).

    In Your majesty ride forth victoriously in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness (Psalm 145:4).

    Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:4).

    I tell you this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God.  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted (Luke 18:14).

    When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.  If so, the host who invited both of you will come to say to you, ‘give this man your seat.’  And, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. (Luke 14:8-9)

    Therefore get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, and humbly accept the Word planted in you, which can save you (James 1:21).

    If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

    I proclaimed a fast so we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him or a safe journey… (Ezra 8:21)

    Seek the Lord all you humble of the land you who do what He commands.  Seek righteousness.  Seek humility.  Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger (Zephaniah 2:3).

    All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.  Humble yourselves therefore under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. (1 Peter 5:5-6)

    Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up (James 4:10).

    Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves (Philippians 2:3).

    Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient; to be ready to do whatever is good; to slander no one; to be peaceable and considerate; and to show true humility toward all men (Titus 3:1-2).

    Who is wise and understanding among you?  Let Him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom (James 3:13).

    But the Wisdom that is from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy (James 3:17).

    Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous a future! (Job 8:7)