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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