Pride

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Power or Relationship? May 24, 2018 “Yes!” Han-el’s voice had become a lament. “Even now he (Adam) could not stop himself from bending away from God toward power and dominion. He named her (Eve) ‘weak and fragile’— the truth about his own…
Reframing Rejection: Digging A New Well Apr 19, 2018 There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go. ~ Jessica Hatchigan And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The LORD blessed him, and the man became rich,…
Leading from The Cheap Seats May 3, 2017 A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of…
The Dull Mediocrity of Pride Aug 5, 2016 It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who…
Escaping The Dragon’s Lair Feb 11, 2015 Then the lion said — but I don’t know if it spoke — You will have to let me undress you. I was afraid of his claws, I can tell you, but I was pretty nearly…
Willingly Destroying Ourselves Feb 11, 2015 Don’t get stuck inside your own ego because it will become a prison in no time flat—and… don’t think that “self-realization” will make you happy. That is the way you will end in… your own hell.~Barbara…
The Self Righteousness of Perfectionism Oct 22, 2014 He had no qualms; “for”, said he, “when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, ‘I am used to doing so; I shall never do otherwise if I am left to myself’. If…
Hunting Vain Glory Nov 24, 2013 The cross of Christ is God’s last and endless word. There the prince of this world is judged, there sin is killed, and pride is done to death, there lust is frozen, and self-interest slaughtered, not…