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Today, we have two questions that we’d love for you to answer!

Pride is one of the first sins we see in the Bible, and it is still one of the most dangerous. Scripture shows that God hates pride because pride closes the heart to Him. Pride makes a person believe they can live without God. It blinds the eyes, hardens the heart, and leads people into destruction. Pride is not just a bad habit. Pride is a spiritual condition that separates a person from the God who created them.

The story begins even before creation. Scripture shows that Satan was cast out of heaven because his heart was lifted up. He wanted God’s place and wanted glory that did not belong to him. Pride brought him down, and that same sin still destroys people today. Pride brought Satan’s fall, and pride continues to bring human beings down when they refuse to listen to God.

Scripture gives us a real and painful example through Pharaoh in the book of Exodus. God sent Moses to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. But over and over the Bible says Pharaoh hardened his heart. His pride would not allow him to submit to God. Even after seeing miracle after miracle, he remained stubborn. His pride brought judgment on Egypt and even cost him his own firstborn son. Pride did not just hurt him. Pride hurt everyone connected to him. That is what pride still does. It spreads destruction.

King Nebuchadnezzar in the book of Daniel had a similar moment. God gave him strength, power, and a kingdom. But instead of giving God glory, he stood on his palace and said, “Look at the great Babylon I have built by my own power.” The moment he claimed credit for what God had done, God humbled him. He lost his sanity, lived outside like an animal, and had no control over his life until he finally lifted his eyes to heaven. When he humbled himself, God restored him. His story shows how quickly pride can rise and how quickly God can bring a proud heart down.

Jesus also showed the danger of pride in a simple but powerful story. A Pharisee stood in the temple and prayed about himself. He compared himself to others. He listed all the good things he had done. He believed he was righteous because of his actions. But a tax collector stood far away and would not even lift his head. He prayed, “God, have mercy on me.” Jesus said the humble man went home forgiven, not the proud one. God listens to the humble. God rejects the proud.

Proverbs warns us many times that pride leads to a fall. Pride lifts a person high in their own mind, but that height becomes the place they eventually fall from. James says that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Pride puts us against God. Humility brings us into His grace.

God hates pride because pride keeps people far from Him. But God loves humility because humility opens the heart to His presence, His forgiveness, and His direction.

When you’re not sure how to pray, A.C.T.S. gives you a simple path to follow: Adore, Confess, Thank, and Ask.

Adoration: God, You are holy and full of grace.

Confession: Forgive my pride and the ways I’ve tried to do life on my own.

Thanksgiving: Thank you for Your mercy and for giving grace to the humble.

Supplication: Help me walk in humility today and honor you in everything.

In Jesus name, Amen

“Nobody But Jesus” by MAVHOUSE (ft. Nick Day)

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