The fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah deals with fasting, the restoration, the end time, the Sabbath, and even more. Verses 9–12: “Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,… Continue reading The humble shall prevail
Category: Humility
The humble man has an advantage over all other men… no one can put him down!
We are always victims to our own smugness, arrogance and self delusion. Rest assured we will be taken down a peg or two if those attitudes persist in us. Humility begins to grow in us when we learn to recognize what we are like without Jesus and what we are capable of in him. Humility… Continue reading The humble man has an advantage over all other men… no one can put him down!
The true humble
For thus says the high and the exalted One who lives forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, and also with the contrite and lowly of spirit in order to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.” Isaiah 57:15. Thus says the… Continue reading The true humble
The unbeatable combination-faith and humility
Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be miserable and mourn and… Continue reading The unbeatable combination-faith and humility
Hardness
This message is related to the hardness of the heart. Proverbs 4:23 says, Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. So much of the Scriptures deal with a broken heart before the Lord, or with a heart that is hardened before God. David said, A broken and… Continue reading Hardness
The deadly facets of pride
Pride is an insidious, deadly poison. It has the capability of alienating us from God, and of provoking His resistance upon everything we do. In this message we will examine carefully nine reasons why pride is a major sin. We will also see how humility enables us to draw near to the Lord to receive… Continue reading The deadly facets of pride
You can’t discourage a humble man
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. James 4:6b. This is a principle. If you write it on the tablets of your heart and review it often, you will discover that much of the resistance in your life is based upon divine resistance, rather than upon demonic assault. When a person who… Continue reading You can’t discourage a humble man
Deliver us from deceit
The man that God honors is the man who deals in integrity and honesty of heart. People are deceitful in their heart because they refuse to open up and see what God is dealing with them about. It is easy for them to cover up. It is easy for us to make a good case… Continue reading Deliver us from deceit
Let’s talk about humility
There have been wives who have had a very definite input with their husbands, which has been positive, to help their husbands function in walking with the Lord and moving into their place of authority. In a sense, these wives have really activated what God had put in their husbands because of their own appropriation… Continue reading Let’s talk about humility
The humble are broken
In our relationships and communication with one another we face this problem: there is no way that we can communicate without Satan trying to get into it. There is always a reason for this, and the reason is found within us more than in anything else. Revelation 13:5 contains a key to our understanding of… Continue reading The humble are broken
Speak the word of the Lord with humility
O thou children of the Lord, hath He not put His word within thy mouth? Did not our Master say, “I judge no man, but the words that I speak, they shall judge men in the last day.” That last day hath come, and the words of your Lord within your mouth will be the… Continue reading Speak the word of the Lord with humility
The meek
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5. It is good to know that God is going to turn the earth over to the meek, and it is important that we understand who the meek are. The meek are gentle and mild, they are humble. They are kind and forgiving, they… Continue reading The meek