Most people think I'm a humble man. But, one of my deepest weaknesses and sins is pride. It is only by God's grace that He is even able to use me despite how tremendous my pride can be sometimes.
Spurgeon speaks beautifully about the pitfalls of pride.
"Pride is most likely to meet with destruction, because it is too tall to walk upright. It is most likely to tumble down, because it is always looking upward in its ambition, and never looks to its feet. There only needs to be a pitfall in the way, or even a stone, and down it goes."
I can't express how true this quote is for my own pride.
Can you relate to this type of pitfall for any of your sins in your life?
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i think pride is the center of a lot of sins, since it's basically self-worship. I notice my pride the most when someone I don't respect rebukes me. I think I catch it best by seeing what makes me uncomfortable, as well as what makes me too comfortable.
i know how you feel bro. I feel the same way. Many times i feel that others might think i'm humble when in fact I'm the most prideful, arrogant, judgemental person that I know. I just pray that God would work in me that i would stop trying to "appear" holy and humble before others, but to be genuinely humble and broken before God. He is so merciful to us in our pride tho, isn't He? Lets keep reminding one another to be humble before God and others. What reason do we have to be prideful anyways?
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