today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

The most fundamentally determinative factors in your life

you had no control of.

Yes, you may have worked hard,

but you were using health and energy

that was supplied to you by God.

None of us are truly self-made men.

We took gifts, good gifts that God gave us,

and we utilized them,

and to not acknowledge that is cosmic plagiarism.

Welcome back to Summit Life, the Bible teaching ministry of pastor, author, and apologist, J.D. Greer. I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

Okay, let's start today with a question. Is pride a problem for you? Chances are, if you answered no,

it actually could be a prideful statement. You know why? Because you're proud of the fact that you're not

prideful. It's a tricky thing, pride.

Just when we think we've nailed it,

it creeps in and can distract and even destroy us.

Just ask the character in our teaching today.

He learned some pretty serious lessons about the sin of pride and its consequences.

So grab your Bible, open your heart,

and let's see what God has to say to us today about the roots of pride.

Daniel chapter 4, if you got your Bible this weekend, Daniel chapter 4. This behind me here,

this is Mike Tyson. It is hard to describe what an icon that Mike Tyson was when I was in middle and high school.

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