Defeating Pride And Cultivating Humility

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Defeating Pride and Cultivating Humility, Pt. 2
5/29/16
1 Peter 5:6-7 – Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,
that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him,
Review of Pride and Humility
because He cares for you.
Pride = contending for _________________ with God, and ____________ up
As Each Day Ends
our hearts against Him
6. Review your day and carefully assign all _________ to God for the
Pride takes innumerable forms, but has only one end: self-_________________.
___________ you’ve experienced that day
Humility = honestly assessing ourselves in the light of God’s ____________ and
7. Receive the gift of _________ from God and acknowledge His purpose for
our _______________
__________
What God wants to break is our self-__________.
It’s possible to ____________ humility while remaining ___________ ourselves.
Psalm 121:4 – Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
If there’s ever to be meaningful _________________ in our lives, if we are to
Throughout the Day
make progress in _____________ pride and manifesting humility, there must be
8. Study the following:
the purposeful application of __________.
a. The ______________ of God
b. The doctrines of __________
Helpful Practices to Defeat Pride and Cultivate Humility
c. The doctrines of _______
As Each Day Begins
9. Identify _______________ of grace in others
1. Reflect on the _____________ of the _________ of Christ
John Owen: “Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be
no room for pride.”
10. _________________ others
Philippians 2:5-8 – Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ
Ephesians 4:29 – Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but
Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality
only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the
with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a
moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in
Hebrews 3:12-13 – Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you
appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the
point of death, even death on a cross.
an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. But encourage
one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of
2. Begin your day by acknowledging your ______________ upon God and
you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
your need for God
11. Invite and pursue __________________
3. Begin your day expressing ________________ to God
Proverbs 12:15 – The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man
4. Practice the spiritual _________________
is he who listens to counsel.
5. Cast your __________ upon Him
12. Respond ___________ to trials

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