The last blog was the song, "Take Me Deeper". This was the song which brought me to my first love, Jesus. No one could have imagine how attached I am to this song. It was the first worship song I heard and sang when I attended church. It was the element which drew me near God and knowing Him. It was also the song which pick up me through the many downs I had experienced, knowing that God is always there. Have been trying to find cds with this song but couldn't find. Hai..
Today during the conference, we sang this song again. Sensed the Holy Spirit moving. Has been quite a while since I last felt God's warm embrace. Felt the deep desire to draw back to my 1st love and rebuilding my relationship with Him from scratch and picking myself up again and draw towards Him.
Tonite's conference sermon brought me to an enlightenment and had made me start planning how to live for God.
Pride vs Humility
What's humility?
It is meekness. And meekness isn't weakness, it's a strength. It is the gateway to success. Humility is not stupidty nor ignorance.
God delights in the humble and most importantly, obedience is humilty. Humility is learning who we are in Jesus.
Nothing: We cant do anything without Jesus
Everything: We can do everything with Jesus
What's the opposite of humility? Pride.
What's Pride?
It is the Number 1 sin in the world.
It's self-elevation and self-exaltation. Everything is about "me", "myself" and "I".
God resists the proud and will fight to stop us from giving in to pride. Everyone of us has a dose of pride. When it hits a person and and that person doesnt fight and resist it, it starts to take root in him and eventually changes his personality. Pride uses everything to promote "self" and robs God of His Glory and others' of their existence. All pride is a lack of trust. It builds a fortress around one's passion and desire, causing him to become inapproachable and ultimately kills life cos it takes away the joy in one's life.
Believe or not, pride really is a very destructive thing. Although all of us might have a dose of it, we aren't perfect u know, what really matters is how we deal with it.
I really need to draw back to my 1st and only love and kill all the undesireable traits and those unpleasant and unpleasing things to God in order to draw into a deeper relationship with Him.
Dear God, help me and give me strength. Stop me from moving towards the undesireable. Instead pull me closer and deeper in You. Thank you Lord. In Jesus' Name, Amen
