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Pride On The Inside



S.E.E.D. For Today_Pride on the Inside

 Scripture "Love is always patient; love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride." 1 Corinthians 13:4 ISV

 Paul confronts the church at Corinth about their pride. In this church the Christians were haughty, arrogant, and preoccupied with their own importance. Their is another phrase used for this type of pride and that's being puffed up. Being puffed up is what happens to a person who is prideful on the inside. This inflated vanity led the church to even overlook sin. When entering the church a person should definitely fill the spirit of love not self-exaltation. It does not honor God nor the message of the Gospel. The boastful manifestation over advantages, position and titles display negative overtones of the Kingdom of God and His Church. Love does not behave itself unseemly but pride does, it seeks only to promote the one it controls. Pride forms a key element in the psychological construct of narcissism. Pride is definitely the ill-formed approach to the social interaction. Pride thrives on respect and praise from others.

Example Pride on the inside may be the approach in dealing with unaware flaws, pride that compensates for deep personal insecurities. Thinking more of themselves than they really are as means of security. Puffed up and boastful, bragging. Love is not prideful, or arrogant or boastful it does not brag.

Exercise Read I Corinthians 13:4 in the International Standard Version of the Bible. Self-evaluation, do you treat people in church with a haughty and arrogant demeanor because of your pride. Do you compensate through pride for your insecurities? Does pride interfere in your social interaction?

Devotion Lord I pray for the pride on the inside of me that it does not spill into the inside of your church. Deliver us of this evil, pride is listed as one of the things You abhor or hate. Anything You hate I  long to hate as well. I pray for the spirit of humility, I pray for an exchange of pure love in Jesus Name Amen.

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 7, 2016 at 9:58 AM

    Thank you Pastor for the exercise and devotion portion of the S.E.E.D. today. I pointed these out as a need to reflect more on those questions daily and incorporate this prayer into my daily prayer because pride can creep in at any given time.

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  2. Sonia M EldridgeApril 7, 2016 at 11:24 AM

    Yes I totally agree with Khyle Bevans. This exercise shud and needs to be practiced every single day that we don't give room for pride to creep in like a weed that comes from outta no where to choke the life outta you and cause humility to lay dormate in us but we must take on the blessing of humility cause humility causes GOD to move take notice and respond to what we are facing. His word says He'll raise up a standard for us but we have to take the Low road of humility to soar to the High place in GOD!!!
    Thanxs soo much Pastor for your great blog that is helping & teaching us daily to Live Life to the Max!!!

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  3. MommyLuvApril 7, 2016 at 12:02 PM

    I agree with the comments. Daily reflection of Pride. Its a subtle sin many people will not and do not recognize. I ask God to help me and to counteract the sin of pride we must learn to exalt others before ourself and look for hidden opportuities to serve and not be appluaded by man.

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