12 week study on Pride and Humility that uses 102 Bible passages.
The second book signing for Pride & Humility is scheduled! Location: His Way Christian Bookstore 56 Mountain Road, Glen Burnie, Maryland 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. I hope to see you there!
After spending five weeks studying humility, you understand perhaps a little better what it is. Now the key is being willing—willing to follow God; willing to run the race to the end; willing to listen and learn; willing to take responsibility for your sin; and willing to be nothing in Read more…
As a Christian, I hope to be _ persecuted _ slandered _ arrested _ tortured _ killed for my faith _ sick and/or housebound _ a full-time care-giver _ struggling financially _ alone Chances are, you didn’t check ANY of the choices. No one wants to be treated poorly, to Read more…
The second greatest commandment, according to Jesus, is to “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39). Andrew Murray explains how that commandment needs to affect our attitude toward our neighbor. “It is in our relation to one another, in our treatment of one another, that the true lowliness of mind Read more…
The excerpt for this “week” of the study will be the closing prayer, written by Susanna Wesley (She was the mother of John and Charles Wesley and lived from 1669-1742): “You only, O God can satisfy my immortal soul and bestow on me those spiritual pleasures, which alone are proper Read more…
“Remember that, as I said, the right direction leads not only to peace but to knowledge. When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse he understands his own badness less and less. Read more…
Why is humility so little practiced by Christians? Why do people think that to be a successful Christian one must be a charismatic leader that everyone loves and wants to follow? Perhaps the verse that all Christians (not only pastors and leaders) should recite when they wake up and when Read more…
Humility is so rarely spoken of that many people tend to incorrectly equate it with humiliation, or the painful act of “being humbled.” To be humbled or humiliated means to be brought low or even embarrassed by another person or by God. Depending on the situation, being humbled or humiliated Read more…
The pride of superiority is based on believing that you are better than other people. It is the variety of pride that most people think of when they think of a person being proud. I have subdivided this week into four categories: wealth and possessions, age, perceived spirituality, and belonging Read more…
Many people run from God before ever knowing Him; but rebellion implies rejecting prior knowledge and relationship because we resent the authority that goes with them. This tendency to rebel is a human trait we all will struggle with at some point. As teenagers, we rebel against the rules our Read more…