SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A DOWNFALL

Without the Holy Spirit we are normally egotistic and an ego perspective places us at the center of our lives, which gives Christ no room to move. When we live from an ego centered point of view, we only respond to our desires, cravings, and fancies. When we speak to ego centered people, they filter what is being said and hear only what interest them.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Father, let not our ego assassinate our character and keep us true to ourselves. Lord, let humility override our egos, so we will find our I identity in all things that are good and noble. Lord, search our hearts and rid us of our egos, remove any form of self-righteousness from our Souls. Father, let us not be like the rwo men who went up into the temple to pray. Let us not be like the Pharisee, but like the one who beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!." Lord, let our speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that we may know how we ought to answer each other. Father, we can do nothing on our own, not even judge fairly, but, Your judgment is just. So, let us seek not our own will but, Your will and not think to highly of ourselves, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned us, in Jesus name Amen