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Tag: humility

  • The humble are care free

    The humble are care free. Where there is worry, anxiety, anxiousness there is pride. The root of worry and anxiety is self-sufficiency. God gives grace to those who humble themselves and cast each and every care on him. The effect of this act is the weakening of pride and the experience of peace and joy.…

  • Pride chief cause of misery

    C.S. Lewis said pride is the chief cause of misery in every nation and family since the world began. Think of it. It was pride that took Lucifer out of heaven. It was pride that took Adam out of paradise. It was pride that took Saul, King Saul, first King of Israel, out of the…

  • Humiliation and humility

    Humiliation, after all, is involuntary humility. That’s what a public fall is: involuntary humility. Carey nieuwhof – Canadian Preacher and Leadership BloggerClick to TweetWebsite: https://careynieuwhof.com/declining-attendance-and-7-preaching-shifts-that-are-happening-right-now

  • Humility

    Humility

    Humility, as C.S. Lewis points out, is ‘not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.’ Nicky Gumbel – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click to Tweet

  • Holiness humour and humility

    Holiness humour and humility

    Holiness is not the same thing as intensity. Intensity is not a fruit of the Holy Spirit! The ability to laugh at yourself is key to holiness. A sense of humour is the link between holiness and humility. Robby Dawkins – UK Vicar, Alpha Course (1955- )Click to Tweet

  • Humble mind

    “A humble mind,” Henry Ward Beecher once said, “is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow.” Nancy Leigh DeMossClick to Tweet

  • Revealer of my heart

    That’s because gratitude is a revealer of the heart, not just a reporter of details. And among the things it reveals about us most is our level of humility. Nancy Leigh DeMossClick to Tweet

  • Humility

    True humility is not thinking less of yourself. It is thinking of yourself less. C.s. Lewis – 1898-1963 British author and theologianClick to Tweet

  • Thankfulness

    Thankfulness carries an attitude of humility. Thanksgiving is the only proper way to receive what God has given us because it honors our relationship with Him by expressing trust in His goodness, even if we don’t yet understand what we’ve received. Bill JohnsonClick to Tweet