DESTINY DESTROYERS: PRIDE II

  Wed Apr 12, 2023  

Memorise:
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.James 4:6

 

Read:   1 Peter 5:6

 

Bible In One Year:
1 Kings 8-9

 

Hymn:
In Christ Alone

 

Prayer Point:
Father, please grant unto me the grace and wisdom to humble myself before You from now, in Jesus' name


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Message

From our memory verse for today, we see that God resists the proud. In other words, God opposes the proud. If the Almighty God is your opponent, how will you ever win? The major problem of proud people is that they don't even know that they are proud. They call it other beautiful names like self respect, self-confidence, or they say, "I am just honouring my position". Saul was asking Samuel to honour his position in 1 Samuel 15:30 when he lost his throne. David on the other hand danced like a commoner even as king and was mocked by his own wife. He told her, "l am dancing for the One who made me king in the place of your father"(2 Samuel 6:16-21).

During praise and worship, you will know who is proud and who is not. Look at children; because they aren't seeking to protect any position or anything like that, they just praise God, dancing the best way they can. During a service we held in one of the Universities in Nigeria, the Vice Chancellor danced even more than the students. God looked down from heaven and saw that, so when some weeks later the enemy rose up to remove him, the Lord of hosts fought on his behalf and gave him victory. When you humble yourself, God fights your battles for you.

After one of the biggest programmes we ever held - tagged Lekki '98, I got back to the Camp and that night during my prayer walk, between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., I suddenly heard God say, "Son, bend down and draw the figure of a man in the sand". I drew the figure and then He said, "Stand up and wipe out what you have drawn with your foot". I did that, and then He said, "Son, if you ever forget who is in charge, I will wipe you out and nobody will ever remember you came into the world". It does not matter how high God has taken you. He can bring you down with the snap of His fingers. Proverbs 16:18 says, "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall".

You would be wise to become more humble as you rise, because the higher you go, the greater the fall if you become proud.


King James Version

1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
RCCG Hymn

In Christ Alone

  1. In Christ alone my hope is found
    He is my light, my strength, my song
    This Cornerstone, this solid ground
    Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
    What heights of love, what depths of peace
    When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
    My Comforter, my All in All
    Here in the love of Christ I stand
  2. In Christ alone, who took on flesh
    Fullness of God in helpless Babe
    This gift of love and righteousness
    Scomed by the ones He came to save
    'Til on that cross as Jesus died
    The wrath of God was satisfied
    For every sin on Him was laid
    Here in the death of Christ I live, I live
  3. There in the ground His body lay
    Light of the world by darkness slain
    Then bursting forth in glorious Day
    Up from the grave He rose again
    And as He stands in victory
    Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
    For I am His and He is mine
    Bought with the precious blood of Christ
  4. No guilt in life, no fear in death
    This is the power of Christ in me
    From a life's first cry to final breath
    Jesus commands my destiny
    No power of hell, no scheme of man
    Could ever pluck me from His hand
    'Til He retums or calls me home
    Here in the power of Christ I stand

 


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