Since I couldn't sleep tonight, I decided to start looking through some old journals that I kept during this first year of college. These journals were filled with bible verses, quotes, devotionals, letters, notes, prayers, lists, etc. I used these to help write down my thoughts for the hour, day, week or month I was thinking of them.
Looking back through them, I am floored at some of the things I had written in those pages. A lot of these things are words that I have needed to hear for a long time but haven't realized it. I'm actually crying at the realization of the power of Christ's words through me.
I want to share a few quick things I highlighted while going through these journals. They aren't necessarily connected, so don't worry about the order in which they come.
"God's greatest creation is not the flung stars or the gorged canyons; it's His eternal plan to reach His children." (1/20/2013)
"I want a look that radiates joy, sparkles with confidence and says 'I am fearfully and wonderfully made!'" (1/14/2013)
"Heaven and earth know no greater passion than God's personal passion for you!" (1/20/2013)
"Our value is greater than that of the whole world's!" (1/21/2013)
"As You wish. Let Your will be done." (1/25/2013)
"God isn't just the starting point of our life; He is the source of it." (1/28/2013)
"Worship is all about falling in love with Jesus." (2/15/2013)
"Spirit of the living God, come fall afresh on me! Come awake me from my sleep!" (4/21/2013)
"Christ sees our sin more than anyone, yet He still loves us more than anyone will." (10/13/2013)
"Let my feet be still, 'till You tell me to move. My eyes be blind if I'm not looking at You!" (3/2/2014)
"Knowing and loving God is our greatest privilege; being known and loved by God is our greatest pleasure." (3/17/2014)
"Live life with BOLD faith." (5/25/2014)
"Christian growth through study should be a DAILY occurrence." (6/26/2014)
"Waves are My love for you. They are unchangeable and unstoppable. They keep coming in no matter what. They are RELENTLESS." (6/29/2014)
With His love,
Kaitlyn
PRIDE, THE GENESIS OF SIN BY STEVE FINNELL
ReplyDeletePride is an inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit or superiority.
Satan fell because of pride. That was the genesis of sin.
Ezekiel 28:11-17....."Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they may gaze at you.
Isaiah 14:12-14 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart: "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High."
Satan had a pride problem. He thought he was as smart as God. Satan believed he could be a God and equal to God. Satan had a pride problem.
DO SOME BELIEVERS IN CHRIST HAVE A PRIDE PROBLEM?
1 Timothy 3:1-6....6 not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Even leaders in the church can become victims of pride.
When men deny obvious Biblical facts, is that not pride rearing its ugly head?
When men deny that Jesus said "He who believes and is baptized will be saved.... (Mark 16:16), is it not pride that prevents men from admitting they have been wrong in declaring that water baptism is not essential for salvation? Are men smarter than Jesus? How much pride does a man have to have to deny the clear teachings of the Scriptures.
When men are confronted with God's truth and still deny it, what but pride is the cause?
PRIDE
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.
Pride causes men to believe their own opinions and the opinions of other men at the expense of the clear teaching of God, which is found in the Bible and the Bible alone.
Pride forms man's opinions based on his own thoughts.
Pride is evident when men believe their creed books and reject the teaching of Scripture.
Pride can be destroyed if men will prayerfully search the Scriptures asking God to reveal His truth.
LOOKING FOR CONFORMATION OF YOUR OWN THOUGHTS AND, OR THE CREEDS WRITTEN BY MEN, IS EVIDENCE OF PRIDE.
WHAT DOES BIBLE STUDY WITHOUT PRAYER PRODUCE? NOT MUCH.
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