Revival
P R I D E
(the biggest hindrance to revival)

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
II Chronicles 7:14
P = position
R = rank
I =  the center
D = destruction
E = embarrassment


1. Pride says, "I know everything" when it knows nothing.
         I Timothy 6:4
2. Pride says, "I don't need the grace of God."
         James 4:6
3. Pride says, "I have everything and have need of nothing."
         Revelation 3:17
4. Pride says, "You must give me respect."
         Esther 3:5
5. Pride says, "I am better than everyone else."
         Luke 18:11
6. Pride says, "Look at all that I have accomplished."
         Daniel 4:30
7. Pride says, "I am above the law of God."
         II Chronicles 26:16
8. Pride says, "You don't expect me to get my hands dirty."
         II Kings 5:11
9. Pride says, "Who is God that I should have to obey Him?"
         Exodus 5:2
10. Pride says, "I never do anything wrong."
         Job 33:9
11. Pride says, "I follow Dr. So and So's teachings."
         John 9:28
12. Pride says, "God has never disciplined me for anything that I have done wrong."
         John 8:33
13. Pride says, "I will assume the position that I deserve."
         Isaiah 14:12-14
14. Pride says, "Look at me, how great I am."
         Ezekiel 28:17-18
15. Pride says, "I will take anyone on."
         Proverbs 28:25
16. Pride says, "Since I am better that the poor, I will take what the poor has."
         Psalms 10:2
17. Pride says, "It's O.K. to worship me."
         Acts 12:22-23

How does God deal with prideful?

1. God brings down the prideful.
         Psalm 18:27, Isaiah 2:12, Luke 1:52
2. God makes them low.
         Proverbs 29:23
3. God brings them to experience destruction and shame.
         Proverbs 11:2
4. God resists them.
         I Peter 5:5
5. God abases them.
         Matthew 23:12
6. God allows them to fall into their own traps.
         Psalms 10:2

How should we deal with pride?

1. We are to repent by turning to the opposite direction.
         Revelation 3:19
2. We are to humble ourselves by submitting to authority.
         I Peter 5:5-6
3. We are to meditate on the word of God.
         Psalm 119:78
4. We are to put our trust in God rather than idolizing men.
         Psalm 40:4
5. We are to learn to serve others.
         John 13:13-16
6. We are to learn to sit in a lowly seat.
         Luke 14:10
7. We are to learn the benefits of humility.
         James 4:10
         I Peter 5:5



 
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