The criticism stung, but there was some truth to it

 

Come to God with honesty and humility

 

Is it possible that I may be wrong? -- Streamed live

 

Why is pride a problem? -- Full message 11/21/21

 

Humility allows for an honest view of ourselves

 

Be wary of leaders who want to control other people’s lives

 

Concern for others, not just thinking about ourselves

 

I was humiliated…by me

 

Be careful not to insult your own intelligence

 

We cannot learn much if we already think we know everything

 

Being humble does not mean we hate ourselves

 

My hypocrisy was showing

Fame and success seem to be precarious results for those in ministry

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Eating my words

People like me need to be careful to avoid pride.

The Importance And Value Of A Humble Spirit

When Jesus took on human form He became vulnerable, weak and defenseless. This was an extraordinary form of humiliation.

I have an inclination to greatly resist humility. Jesus reminds me of the importance and value of a humble spirit.

“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.” James 3:13

Being Humble And Being Thankful

Real thankfulness requires a measure of humility because thankfulness involves the realization that we are receiving goodness from a source outside of ourselves. After all, if we are responsible for all the goodness in our lives thankfulness is no longer necessary. In this case, the only attitude necessary is a sense of amazement at ourselves for how incredible we are. (I’ve tried being amazed at myself a number of times and it never works very well. I find it disappointing.)

Are we willing to humble ourselves and recognize the wonderful blessings in our lives we did not create?

This humility will lead to thankfulness which will bring yet another blessing: Joy.

I humbly wish you a Happy Thanksgiving, lots of joy and God’s continued blessings!

With much love,

Dan

His Recommendation That Others Stop Being Judgmental Involved A Judgment On His Part

I saw a post a few months ago in which it was pointed out that a certain group of people is far too quick to judge others. The person who wrote the post was fed up with their behavior and suggested this group of people [the entire group] needs to be more humble and stop with their unfair judgments. After all, judging others is not good. Right?

As I read the post I wondered if the person who wrote it realized that what he wrote about this group of judging people and their grievous shortcoming of being too judgmental involved... get ready… here it comes… that’s right, it involved a judgment on his part.

It’s actually sort of amusing, isn’t it?

“…[F]irst take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.” Jesus – Matthew 7:5

This Is What Humility Looks Like

When Jesus’ public ministry got underway—fairly quickly—He began drawing bigger crowds than John the Baptist. This would be troublesome and disturbing for most people in John’s position. Most ministers desire increasingly larger crowds not increasingly smaller crowds.

John’s disciples were bothered by this turn of events and went to tell John about it. They assumed, it appears, John would be upset. I think they may have even believed John would do something to get the crowds back.

But John basically said [this is a paraphrase], “It’s alright. I’m genuinely glad to hear about His success. This is exactly the way it’s supposed to happen. He must increase and I must decrease.”

[You can read this story in John 3:23-30.]

John’s maturity and his understanding of his own role in the larger ministry of Jesus was exceptional and inspiring. This story from the Bible is incredibly helpful to me because it helps me see what true humility looks like. 

Called To Be Humble

Over and over again, in the Bible we are called to be humble.  

Some people have the idea that to be humble means that we put ourselves down and that we view ourselves as inept or unskilled.  The idea for some is that the more poorly we think of ourselves, the more humble we are.  But, those are not good and healthy attitudes to have about ourselves and those attitudes do not represent true humility.  

True humility is to see ourselves honestly and to see God honestly.  We can put it this way:  True humility is to honestly understand who we are in light of who God is.