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June 10, 2019

God Guides a Humble Heart

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – June 10, 2019 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. Psalm 25:9 Pride sends a person the wrong way, while humility accompanies a person in the right direction. Pride blinds people to eventually make their way to hell with the devil, [...]

April 15, 2019

Humility Has An Expiration Date

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 15, 2019 All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble”. 1 Peter 5:5 Humility has an expiration date. For me its effectiveness runs out many times in 24 hours, other times 24 minutes [...]

February 15, 2019

Love is Not Proud

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – February 15, 2019 It is not proud. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is not proud as there is no room for pride in a heart of love. Pride is an anchor to love that restrains its rich offering. It prolongs the inability to love by short-circuiting the effect [...]

December 15, 2018

Pride Humbled

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – December 15, 2018 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble. Daniel 4:37 Pride will eventually give way to humility. [...]

November 28, 2018

Realize and Respond With Gratitude

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – November 28, 2018 Go now and present yourselves to the priests for inspection of your disease. They went, and before they reached the priests, their skin disease was healed, leaving no trace of the disease that scarred them and separated them from the community. One of them, [...]

September 23, 2018

Selfless Prayer

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – September 23, 2018 And the Lord accepted Job’s prayer. After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before. Job 42:9–10 Friends snared by sin need our prayers, not our prognosis. God’s part is [...]

August 29, 2018

Humble and Messy, but Great to God

Wilson Lee was born a few weeks ago. He is our baby daughter’s first baby—joy unspeakable! Five days after his birth, swaddled and sweet, I asked my son-in-law what he thought about his son. “Boyd, he poops, pees, eats, sleeps and is high maintenance, but I love him so much”!

July 20, 2018

Pride Before Destruction

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – July 20, 2018 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 Stubborn pride is an entrée to destructive behavior. It facilitates foolish actions and is disparaging to relationships. Pride is not afraid to offend anyone and appeases no one. Its demanding spirit may [...]

July 14, 2018

Ugly Outcomes of Arrogance

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – July 14, 2018 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory. Daniel 5:20 Do you know anyone whose life ambition is to become arrogant? Probably not! Arrogance is like greed; it is easily [...]

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