Tag: Bible verses about the dangers of pride

Bible Verse of The Day – 5-31-18

Proverbs 16:18 (NKJV) 18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Keeping pride out of our life is a constant battle. We have to be watching ourselves on a regular basis.

There are so many ways we can become prideful. We can be prideful about having a nice car, having well-behaved, smart children, having a large home or material wealth. We can be prideful about wearing name brand clothes, our position or our title, etc.

There are so many things that can make us prideful, but it doesn’t mean we have to be.

How do we fight this and win?

The first step is being aware of the fact that pride is lurking and wanting to take over. The second step is to keep a close eye on our attitude toward certain people and situations. The third step is to address our behavior or attitude if we start seeing signs of pride, even if it seems small and insignificant.

Pride of any type should not have a place in any of us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-16-18

Luke 1:37 (NKJV) 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”

When we finally realize that the “WITH” in this scripture is KEY, we will put the brakes on when it comes to trying to do things by ourselves.

We will find a rest within ourselves and stop trying to do it all. And no, it doesn’t make us weak to do this. Instead, it makes us stronger than ever. And the things we do will have a great turn out!

We need God in all that we do. And what we do, we need to do with Him, not FOR Him.

Sometimes we may hear statements like, “Oh, I did this for God today”, or things like “We are doing all this for God”.

When we think we are doing things for God, we need to watch out. It can cause problems if we’re not careful.

Pride can set in, and it can make us think that we are better than others. Honestly, it can cause people to want to run the other way. They don’t even want to be around us because they see and hear it in us.

When we do things for Him on our own, it is being done in and through the natural man, and with natural intellect. The natural man cannot handle spiritual things on his own. Without the leading and help of the Holy Spirit he will make a mess of things in a hurry.

If we want to see God move in any situation, do what He asks, but do it with Him. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-8-18

Matthew 18:4 (NKJV) 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

One of the hardest things to do in life is to remain humble. It’s a constant battle to keep pride from growing in us.

Pride is the very thing that will cause us to fall and keep us from being great in the kingdom of heaven.

Proverbs 16:18 (NKJV) 18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride is the opposite of being humble, and when we’re prideful it shows. We don’t have to dig too deep to find it. It is usually seen right on the surface of man.

A prideful person usually exposes themselves quickly through their actions and their words. They tend to be rude, arrogant and full of themselves. If a humble person listens to the talk of a haughty person they will quickly find themselves getting irritated.

A prideful person will not listen or let anyone else have the floor to speak. They will not follow anyone or their instructions. They want nothing else, but to LEAD. Prideful people like to have complete control over every situation.

How do we remain humble as the child that Jesus referred to, and become great in God’s kingdom?

We stop doing whatever we feel like doing and we listen to God’s instruction. We follow His statutes and His plan for our life.

Jesus hits pride hard in this one little verse.

Matthew 16:24(NKJV) 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

It’s the denying of ourselves and the following of His lead that destroys the pride that tries to take root in all of us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-9-17

Proverbs 16:18 (NKJV) 18 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. 

Pride is destructive, no matter how we look at it. 

Some people are just prideful. They know it and it doesn’t bother them. They parade it and wear it like a badge of honor. 

Sometimes, though, we can be prideful and not even realize it. We can move and do things in proud ways and never even give it a thought. It might have crept in slowly and quietly. Many times, this can be related to something we do that we have become very good at. 

Sports, studies, a trade, a hobby, our career, or even our ministry. These are all areas where pride will sneak in and live undetected for years and years. 

Many times, this pride will show up in ways that will give it away, like maybe in fancy titles. Many of these titles take time and effort to acquire, so the people who attain these levels of education or achievement display those titles as a way of showing people their accomplishments. 

But even if we have worked hard to accomplish certain things, pride is still pride, no matter how we try to dress it up. 

This isn’t to say that all titles are wrong. Not at all. But when titles become so important to us that we have trouble writing our name without the title attached, or when we feel like people owe it to us to address us using our title, we probably have a little problem brewing. 

Just as in the world, the body of Christ is also wrestling with this. Titles have taken on new importance during the last few decades. People have taken to adding titles before or after their names to deem themselves more important or distinguished, or with the hopes it will garner them some attention and help propel them to higher levels of notoriety. 

But with God, titles carry no weight. He looks at the heart of man, not at the title or the stature of the person. 

1 Samuel 16:7 (NKJV) 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 

So, let’s check ourselves and ask God to show us where pride may have crept in and taken hold of us, even in some small way. 

And then let’s ask Him to root it out of us and give us a clean heart. 

Psalm 51:10 (NKJV) 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808 

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-12-16

Proverbs 11:2 (NKJV) 2 When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.

No matter where we are at in life, it’s always important that we remain humble and teachable.

We can be the CEO of a major company or we can be jobless and without a place to live. No matter what our position or situation in life, humility is a critical attribute that we always need to pursue.

Sometimes we can get ourselves into some pretty deep trouble when we get prideful. We may not even know we’ve become proud or haughty, but God will always be willing to give us an attitude adjustment when we need it!

And let’s just say that it’s much better for us if we recognize our pridefulness and make the adjustments ourselves than for God to have to do it for us.

And pride can creep into our lives in such subtle ways that we might never believe it if someone told us that we’re proud.

So let’s do some inventory of our life today. Have we become prideful or boastful about anything lately?

Are we holding our heads high because of some of our accomplishments or because of our financial status?

There can be many, many things that we get prideful about. But none of them is worth us getting into hot water with God and causing Him to have to rebuke us and correct us.

Let’s check ourselves and root out that terrible thing called pride, before it causes us to fall.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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