Laying Aside Your Pride

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Christianity, Business, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Non-profit, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Nothing will hinder your journey into the presence of God like pride. The baggage and burden of the self life always keeps you from moving forward. In three simple verses God outlines the life of humility and the way to live it. Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

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0:00.0	Life is a journey, and God has provided songs to help us along the way.
0:12.0	Join Scott Pauli today as we study the songs of degrees found in the Psalms.
0:18.0	They will encourage your heart and give help for the journey ahead.
0:29.4	When we began our study of these Traveler Psalms,
0:32.3	the Psalms known in Scripture as Songs of Degrees,
0:36.4	I said to you that these were songs that were sung as they went up to the temple to worship.
0:41.6	But you remember that I said to you that as we go up, we must be brought down.
0:47.1	Well, that is exactly the truth, the great truth found in Psalm 131.
0:53.6	Now, this is the 12th of these pilgrim Psalms and it is the third one of them
1:00.0	that is ascribed to David. So we know David wrote these words. It's only three verses long. It is one of
1:05.5	the shorter of these songs. Let me read it to you. Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I exercise myself in
1:15.1	great matters or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself as a child
1:24.4	that is weaned of his mother. My soul is even as a weaned child.
1:30.5	Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and forever.
1:35.9	The great point of this Psalm is to deal with our pride.
1:40.3	You know, you can't worship God when you're full of yourself.
1:43.4	Worship by its very nature, by its definition, is to be consumed with God.
1:48.6	It is to be an awe of God.
1:50.5	It is to be full of God.
1:52.5	Well, when we are in awe of us, we can't worship.
1:56.4	When we're full of flesh, we can't be full of spirit.
1:58.8	When we have our eyes on ourselves, we can't have our eyes
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