KEEP US HUMBLE AND WILLING TO LEARN

Daniel 5:20 "But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.

Let us not see ourselves as "wise in our own eyes" but let us become humble and willing to learn from God and others!  "Galatians 6:3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself."  We all struggle with pride in life! Sadly, many of us do not realize the potential that waits for us if we just let go of our pride and move forward with God's plan

Lord, You love us with a love we cannot fathom in our humanness. Yet You also call us, as Your children, to love others in that same way You love us.  Lord, thank You, that Your love does not brag and is not arrogant, please help us not to live with pride or arrogance, but to choose to walk with humility and grace. By Your grace help us to show Your patience and Your kindness to all of those we encounter, but especially in our homes.  Lord, help us to extend kindness instead of rudeness towards others; and let us not think too highly of ourselves, but boast only of You. Help us to lay aside the critical tone and tearing down with our words, so that we can truly walk in peace. Father, cause us not to envy, convict us when our pride begins to show its ugly head, may our response to our own sin against one another be repentance and humility.  Father, thank you that true love does not seek its own, Father, help us not to live selfishly, looking only to our own interests.  Father, thank You that true love is not provoked. Lord, help us not to become easily angered. Father, help us not to be so quickly reactive, but instead slow to speak and slow to become angry.  Lord, help us to seek Your heart and not our own desires, help us to fix our eyes on You and not the evil around us. In Jesus name Amen