Tag: pride and arrogance

Bible Verse of The Day – 5-30-14

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

Pride is a very destructive thing. Pride can cause us to do things that we would never dream of doing.

Pride can bring such destruction to our lives if we don’t deal with it before it takes us out.

If all of us were to look back on the problems we’ve had in our lives, we could probably trace many of them to pride and/or arrogance (haughtiness).

Pride causes us to become unteachable. It causes us to think we are above correction. And any time we start thinking that we don’t need correction, we’re in serious trouble.

Many times we don’t see the damage that pride can do until it’s too late. It’s usually after we have been through a major trial in our lives that it becomes evident to us that it was caused by our pride.

Then and only then will we be able to admit that we could possibly have done some things differently which might have helped us avoid some of the trials in our lives.

Ask God where you’re prideful. Be open to His feedback. Don’t just ask Him and then refuse to hear what He has to say.

We can all use a good humbling once in a while. It keeps us on track and helps us grow.

We just have to want to grow.

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 – 1-10-14

James 4:6-7 (NKJV) 6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Pride and humility. They are two exact opposites. And a large segment of the church seems to have gotten caught up on the wrong side of the fence during the past few decades.

We know this because we have seen it, and the fruits of it, in our own lives. God has shown it to us and He has been working diligently, skillfully removing it with the precision of a surgeon.

Pride can creep in ever so subtly. It can come in disguised as a million different things that look so good on the surface. But in the end, pride will destroy us, slowly, a little tiny bit at a time, until we are devastated and left empty-handed.

Pride is being propagated throughout the body of Christ in many ways, by many different teachings. The “Prosperity Gospel” is one of the biggest culprits, but there are others too. And as followers of Christ unknowingly become followers of “other gospels”, pride can creep in and sweep us away.

We implore you today to ask God to show you where you may have become prideful. Let Him show you where pride has crept in. And then let Him do what needs to be done to remove it from your life.

Do it now, because the longer you wait, the harder and more painful it will be to root out and get rid of.

God is the ultimate surgeon. He knows how to remove what isn’t good for us and then heal us afterward.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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