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The Power of Humility: Overcoming Pride and Cultivating Grace

In "Human Heart Disease: Part 2.1," we explore the profound teachings of humility as a remedy for pride. Drawing from 1 Peter 5:5-6, we learn that God grants grace to the humble while resisting the proud. Using King Nebuchadnezzar's story from Daniel 4, we illustrate the consequences of pride and the blessings of humility. Discover how life's experiences and the work of the Holy Spirit cultivate humility in our hearts. Understand true exaltation in God’s timing, and embrace the promise of divine elevation as we submit our agendas to Him.

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The Power of Humility: Overcoming Pride and Cultivating Grace

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  1. “Human Heart Disease” Part 2

  2. 1 Peter 5.5-6 “…God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.”

  3. Pride demands that God bless me in light of what I think I deserve. Grace will only deal with me on the basis of what is in God (love), not on the basis of anything in me.

  4. King Nebuchadnezzar is a classic example of both the downfall of pride and the exaltation God gives when we honor him. (Daniel 4.28-37)

  5. What is humility? Submission. It is the ability to cheerfully put away our own agenda for God’s. The blessing of humility Proverbs 15.33 James 4.10

  6. How is humility cultivated? 1. God cultivates humility in us ‘externally’ by the experiences of life. a. Through the discipline of diligence in our work. b. God uses the difficulties of life.

  7. 2. God cultivates humility in us ‘internally’ by the work of the Holy Spirit. • Matthew 11.28-30

  8. What does it mean to be exalted? 1. Exaltation does not always mean the same thing it does in worldly terms. Luke 22.24-27

  9. 2. Exaltation takes place in God’s time. 3. Exaltation is a sure promise from the Lord.

  10. “Human Heart Disease”

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