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