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Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

THE POWER OF HUMILITY

“And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:6 (NLT)
Main Text: Main text: Philippians 2:8-9 ??

Sometimes people don’t know that their reasoning is affected and corrupted because of a wrong attitude. If you have the right attitude of humility, God will teach you wisdom, but for the one who is proud and haughty, He’ll resist you. The Bible says God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. The humble will always receive wonderful, beautiful, and creative thoughts from God, and his life will go from one level of glory to another, but the proud will be abased; that’s what the Bible says. Pride goes before a fall. The man that’s full of pride can be destroyed within a split second.

Psalm 37:37 “Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each [is] peace.” Peace means “shalom” in Hebrew, which refers to prosperity, divine health, favour, joyfulness, absolute wellbeing, etc. That’s the life of the man whose heart is perfect before the Lord, who serves God with humility of heart. God detests pride.

True humility is submitting yourself to the authority, influence, and impact of God’s Word. True humility is receiving the Word into your heart and acting accordingly, making definite changes in your character and attitude with, and through the Word.

Prayer:
Dear Father, I thank you for teaching me your Word, and showing me the essence of humility, a glorious quality that attracts divine favour and promotion. I walk in love and submissiveness to the Word today, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Further Reading:
Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Read through the Bible in 1 year: 2 Samuel 4:1-6:23 John 13:31-14:14 Psalm 119:17-32 Proverbs 15:31-32

Read through the Bible in 2 years: Judges 15-16 & Ps 144