5 STEPS TO HUMILITY
1- Romans 12:3 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every
man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he
ought to think; but to think soberly.
2- I Corinthians 10:12 - Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth
take heed lest he fall.
3- Matthew 18:4 - Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this
little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
4- James 4:10 - Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he
shall lift you up.
5- Isaiah 57:15 - For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with
him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit
of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
What helps you to stay humble?
Comments (23)
To know that I have a Savior that loves me unconditionally and is all forgiving!................Have an Awesoem weekend!.............In Christ's Love......Monic
I just have to look back at what God saved me from.
Heather
Life over the last 5 years has continued to do it for me.
"“If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” - Jesus Christ
Tends to do it for me.
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for Him (Psalms 8:3-4).
Remembering who God is and who I am keeps me in check. Also, the fact that everything I am and have is due to Him.
Quiet time in prayer knowing it was my sin that caused His pain and how much I do not want to bring more pain to Him . To die to self is to live in the Lord and it is more value to have His love than anything I may gain in this world . Jesus is my life and with out Him I would have no life !
Thank you for this post my brother !
11 last night and 8 above zero tonight , cold how about you ?
God bless!
Barry
Walking a mile in someone's shoes.
well... posts like this for one!
and, i guess life in general seems to be doing a pretty good job of keeping me humble lately... trying times in parenting a very strong-willed little boy seem bring out the very worst in me and cause me to fall on my knees every night.
I've been really busy so I haven't been able to comment on Xanga as much as I want to. What are you up to?
RYC: It's annoying how much things we have to do to stay involved in society. I'm on my way to something too. I have to go to work soon. I'm a waitress at Bob Evans.
Life itself keeps me humble......everytime i see the sunrise or set....so many things......this is an excellent blog....thank you for sharing it! :o)
Knowing that God was under no obligation to save me, and yet He did.
~IM_R
I thought about not going to my dad's Unitarian church because I don't feel spiritually connected there anymore because my minister is a prick and is everything a minister shouldn't be. And some of the politics at our church is hypocritical. I still go because I have a lot of respect for some of the members.
Realizing that when I do something, that I think is pretty spectacular, it's still pretty much a pile of junk compared to the whole of humanity and history and that pales in comparison to the work of grace done by Christ...There's also this elder at my church, he's pretty good at helping you keeping things in perspective.
RYC: Yeah. Such is life when you have an arrogant, narcissistic minister. My dad raised me Unitarian and I'm starting to get annoyed with Unitarians in general because the Unitarian Universalist Association has complete control over us and we're supposed to believe as UUs in the principle of democracy but we really have sort of a pseudo democracy.
I believe your site has changed since I last visited.
Looks different, but the word is still the same, RICH.
Knowing that though I'm forgiven, I"m still fallen keeps me humble.
Good to see you!
Knowing that my daily goal is to be a servant for the Lord.
RYC: I believe you ask the question about the reply button but I see that you must have found it right after the name of the person that left the comment.
OOPS i meant that the place to add a new weblog is the first square at the top of the new page. under "Add Stuff".
on this page http://www.xanga.com/private/homemain.aspx
Good post.
What helps me is remembering how I have fallen in the past, and how God has picked me back up and shown me His path again. Every time I prove myself unworthy of His grace, He proves how great His grace really is.
Thanks Larry. God bless. Nice site by the way, I haven't visited for awhile.
I avoid humility like the plague. I know my personal value too well. Accepting intrinsic, concrete rules will not help one survive.
@tjordanm - Hey, that's your choice. Good luck.