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Matthew chapter 23 verse 12

whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. This

verse just provokes me to pray for humility.

Something that is not natural for me.

I don't think it's natural for any of us, like this goes against the grain of our sinful nature that is focused on ourselves that is constantly tempted to think about ourselves. I see this in my own life. I am tempted in daily conversations to turn conversations

in a way that will be favorable toward me to think about what can I do in a way that will help my standing in somebody else's eyes and just to realize it no, no, no, don't do do that whoever exalts himself will be

humbled but whoever humbles himself will be exalted so to pray for humility I remember

CS Lewis in his chapter on pride in mere Christianity,

which is it is an excellent chapter. But he talks about humility is this almost great unattainable trait like we pray and

pray and try and try for humility and once we get there we're proud of it and

we have to start all over. Like humility is hard to really,

but it's the essence of what it means to follow Christ, to really deny yourself, to take up your cross to die to yourself and say I want my

life to be about you alone Jesus I want everything instead of thinking in

conversations how can I turn this in a way that's

favorable toward me to think in conversations how can I turn this in a way that's favorable

toward you glorifying to you for my my daily drive to be not how can I get ahead but how can I cause Christ to be

supreme in my life and other people's lives around me I'm I'm zealous for what people think not about myself but what they think about Jesus.

So God I pray for this kind of humility.

In my own life and the lives of those who are listening right now we confess it does not

come natural to us we are so prone to focus on ourselves to think about ourselves and even.

Oh God forgive us even to try to exalt ourselves.

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