Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Humility




Humility

5 Keys That Surround Humility

• The Lord calls us to seek Him with humility (Zeph. 2:3)
• Humility leads to trusting the Lord (Zeph. 3:12)
• Jesus modeled humility (Matt. 11:29)
• Humility leads to gentleness (Eph. 4:2)
• Humility leads us into considering others better than ourselves (Phil. 2:3)

5 Blessings For the Humble

• The Lord sustains the humble (Ps. 147:6)
• The Lord gives grace to the humble (Prov. 3:34; 1Pet. 5:5)
• The Lord gives a great inheritance to the humble – the earth (Matt. 5:5)
• The Lord lifts up the humble and exalts them (Matt. 23:12)
• The Lord brings revival to the hearts of the humble (Is. 57:15)

True humility—the basis of the Christian system—
is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.
— Edmund Burke

Pride is concerned with who is right.
Humility is concerned with what is right.
— Ezra Taft Benson

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility
— Rabindranath Tagore


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