Humility
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:
- 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.” - 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. - 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.” - 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.”