C.S. Lewis once said pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more

of it than the next man. Today we're going to learn about the subtle dangers of self-importance

and how we can shift our focus off of ourselves and onto living fruitful lives of joy and impact. Stay with me.

Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. Our mission is to inspire Christians

to be genuine followers of Jesus and to empower them to be active disciple makers in our world.

Thanks for joining us as we near the end of our series Get Out of Your Head, taught by our

guest speaker, Jenny Allen.

You may recognize Jenny from her if gathering events or any of her popular books.

For the past few programs, she's helped us combat the toxic thoughts that pollute our minds

and break our connection with God. If you've missed any part of this insightful teaching from Jenny,

let me encourage you to go back and catch up any time at Living on theedge.org or wherever you listen to

podcasts. Well, she has a lot to share today, so get your Bible and notes ready as we join Jenny

with her message, The Antidote for Pride.

As we are beginning here, I want to start with Scripture.

I just want to start with the truth.

It's in Philippians 2, 5, through 11.

It's so powerful, some of the most powerful scriptures in the Bible. Have this mind among

yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, he did not even

count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking on the form of a servant,

being born in the likeness of men, and being found in human form. He humbled himself by becoming

obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God, in the likeness of men and being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient

to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him

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