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VOT: May 22, 2024 P.R.I.D.E: P-Personal-Ride “Pride is toxic” VOT: Voice of Testimony
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VOT: May 22, 2024
P.R.I.D.E: P-Personal-Ride “Pride is toxic”
Pride can be abbreviated to “Personal Ride”
This is because the focus and emphasis is usually on “Self” and it is subtle, always pretending to relate to others but with is a hidden personal interest. Everyone of God’s creation must be watchful of it (Pride) because often times it is not obvious physically, but reflects in our actions and reactions.
It is not wise to be proud, because the same way people ascend to the top is the same way people descend to the bottom. Interestingly you are likely to meet the same person or group of people while on the journey either to the top or to the bottom.
A good example is the life of Joseph and his encounter with his brothers. It was his humility that kept him calm and, he restrained himself from fighting back when they despised him and plotted against him. This was his lowest point or Valley experience, but he chose to stay focused on his dreams and vision. At the beginning his life looked like a puzzle, scattered, uncertain. He did not know how his story of life will end. To many, he appeared stupid for not responding to the attacks of his adversaries which unfortunately at that time happened to be his own blood brothers or family. The end of his journey proved that humility is not stupidity as most people think. Pharaoh recognized the power and wisdom Joseph had, but that did not make Joseph proud. He returned all the glory to God and that explains why he was elevated to the top.
Nuggets
1. The fact that you are been mocked at or despised when you are still at the bottom, does not mean you cannot climb to the mountain top.
2. Also even if you are in the Valley of dry bones, you can change your status or condition through your prophetic confession and show casing your gifts and talents.
3. Joseph’s gift and talent made a way for him to ascend to the top to confirm the dream he had and to fulfill God’s original plan and purpose foe his life. He was not drowned in the pit, but made his way to the top of the mountain through faith and patience.
4. Others may find it difficult to point out Pride because it is a very contentious subject which no one ever wants to admit to. It is wise to take heed and be watchful to ensure you are not operating in subtle Pride.
5. The antidote of Pride is always an intentional act of humility whereby we have to subdue our flesh or allow “The Holy Spirit” who is our great helper to give us the grace to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God.
6. Painfully, those who fail to humble themselves may forcefully be humbled by circumstances or directly by God. It is wiser to allow man correct us and give us the chance to be humble which is still safer regardless of how painful it is.
7. When we allow God humble us, it is very difficult to bear and can even have terrible or negative and unbearable effect.
Prayer
1. Father please give me wisdom to humble myself willingly and not find myself in a situation where I am forced to be humble.
2. Father please grant me the grace to stay humble in whatever position or condition, so that I may obtain your mercy in any messy situation in Jesus’ name, Amen.
“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:6-7 KJV.
“Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and Lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”
VOT: May 22, 2024
P.R.I.D.E: P-Personal-Ride “Pride is toxic”
Pride can be abbreviated to “Personal Ride”
This is because the focus and emphasis is usually on “Self” and it is subtle, always pretending to relate to others but with is a hidden personal interest. Everyone of God’s creation must be watchful of it (Pride) because often times it is not obvious physically, but reflects in our actions and reactions.
It is not wise to be proud, because the same way people ascend to the top is the same way people descend to the bottom. Interestingly you are likely to meet the same person or group of people while on the journey either to the top or to the bottom.
A good example is the life of Joseph and his encounter with his brothers. It was his humility that kept him calm and, he restrained himself from fighting back when they despised him and plotted against him. This was his lowest point or Valley experience, but he chose to stay focused on his dreams and vision. At the beginning his life looked like a puzzle, scattered, uncertain. He did not know how his story of life will end. To many, he appeared stupid for not responding to the attacks of his adversaries which unfortunately at that time happened to be his own blood brothers or family. The end of his journey proved that humility is not stupidity as most people think. Pharaoh recognized the power and wisdom Joseph had, but that did not make Joseph proud. He returned all the glory to God and that explains why he was elevated to the top.
Nuggets
1. The fact that you are been mocked at or despised when you are still at the bottom, does not mean you cannot climb to the mountain top.
2. Also even if you are in the Valley of dry bones, you can change your status or condition through your prophetic confession and show casing your gifts and talents.
3. Joseph’s gift and talent made a way for him to ascend to the top to confirm the dream he had and to fulfill God’s original plan and purpose foe his life. He was not drowned in the pit, but made his way to the top of the mountain through faith and patience.
4. Others may find it difficult to point out Pride because it is a very contentious subject which no one ever wants to admit to. It is wise to take heed and be watchful to ensure you are not operating in subtle Pride.
5. The antidote of Pride is always an intentional act of humility whereby we have to subdue our flesh or allow “The Holy Spirit” who is our great helper to give us the grace to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God.
6. Painfully, those who fail to humble themselves may forcefully be humbled by circumstances or directly by God. It is wiser to allow man correct us and give us the chance to be humble which is still safer regardless of how painful it is.
7. When we allow God humble us, it is very difficult to bear and can even have terrible or negative and unbearable effect.
Prayer
1. Father please give me wisdom to humble myself willingly and not find myself in a situation where I am forced to be humble.
2. Father please grant me the grace to stay humble in whatever position or condition, so that I may obtain your mercy in any messy situation in Jesus’ name, Amen.
“But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:6-7 KJV.
“Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and Lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”
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