Pride. The struggle is real. The acrostic for PRIDE is: Personal Responsibility In Daily Endeavors.
Pride poisons the soul
Pride exalts self and depends on self
Pride is destructive
Pride doesn’t need counsel
Pride is the root of envy, bitterness, strife and deceit
Pride thinks more of yourself and reputation than it does of God and His reputation.
Thank God His grace uproots our pride!
When we pause to remember that all things have been given to us by the grace of God, we are humbled. We realize without Him we would have nothing. Maintaining this attitude produces gratitude toward our loving heavenly Father.
Paul said to the Corinthians, “For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?” 1 Cor 4:7
Giving thanks to God for His daily gifts—breath, family, health, the ability to think, create, work…. Uproots pride and brings us closer to God.
During this season where we pause to give thanks, may we recognize God from whom we depend to provide all we need, and then some.
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