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December 1, 2018

Humility

by Dennis Rouse
1 JOHN 4:17 NIV“This is how love is made complete among us so that we will haveconfidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.”PROVERBS 16:18 MSGFirst pride, then the crash—the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.PROVERBS 29:23 MSGPride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.PSALM
Sermon Notes

1 JOHN 4:17 NIV
“This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have
confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.”
PROVERBS 16:18 MSG
First pride, then the crash—the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.
PROVERBS 29:23 MSG
Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.
PSALM 138:6 NLT
Though the Lord is great, he cares for the HUMBLE, but he keeps his
distance from the PROUD.
PHILIPPIANS 2:3-9 NCV
When you do things, do not let selfishness or pride be your guide.
Instead, be HUMBLE and give more honor to others than to
yourselves. Do not be interested only in your own life, but be
interested in the lives of others. In your lives you must THINK AND
ACT LIKE CHRIST JESUS. Christ himself was like God in everything.
But he did not think that being equal with God was something to be
used for his own benefit. But he gave up his place with God and
made himself nothing. He was born as a man and became like a
SERVANT. And when he was living as a man, he HUMBLED
HIMSELF and was fully obedient to God, even when that caused his
death—death on a cross. So God raised him to the highest place.
God made His name greater than every other name …
Humility:
• Coming to a place where you understand you are nothing, you
know nothing, you have nothing and you can do nothing without
God
• A place of complete dependence on God
Pride: complete dependence on self
Humility: complete dependence on God
1 PETER 5:5-6 NIV
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your
elders. All of you, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH HUMILITY toward
one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to
the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty
hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
What It Means to Clothe Yourself with Humility:

  1. Devotional Humility
    PSALM 63:1 NKJV
    O God, You are my God; EARLY WILL I SEEK YOU; my soul thirsts
    for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is
    no water.
    MATTHEW 11:28-29 NIV
    “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give
    you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle
    and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
  2. Relational Humility
    PHILLIPIANS 2:3-4 NCV
    When you do things, do not let selfishness or pride be your guide.
    Instead, be humble and give more honor to others than to yourselves.
    Do not be interested only in your own life, but be interested in the
    lives of others.
  3. Economic Humility
    MATTHEW 6:19-21 NLT
    “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and
    rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your
    treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and
    thieves don not break in and steal. Wherever our treasure is, there
    the desires of your heart will also be.”
  4. Serving Humility
    MARK 10:42-45 NLT
    So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in
    this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority
    over those under them. But among you it will be different. Whoever
    wants to be a leader among you must be your SERVANT, and
    whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone
    else. For even the Son of Man came NOT TO BE SERVED but to
    SERVE OTHERS and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
    LUKE 9:46-48 NLT
    Then his disciples began arguing about which of them was the
    greatest. But Jesus knew their thoughts, so he brought a little child to
    his side. Then he said to them, “Anyone who welcomes a little child
    like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me
    also welcomes my Father who sent me. Whoever is the least among
    you is the greatest.”
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