Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another Mornings with the Masters.

We're going to vote ourselves to the Lord, daily with you.

Good morning, you guys.

Good morning, Steve. We're picking back up with New Morning Mercy,

so choice can take it from here.

Yes, y'all. Let's do it. Today's devotional says this.

We tend to give ourselves far too much credit.

We tend to attribute too much righteousness to ourselves.

We tend to think we have more wisdom than we do.

We tend to pride ourselves on having the right character.

We tend to think of ourselves as being more patient than we are.

We tend to regard ourselves as perseverant.

We tend to think we are submissive and obedient.

We tend to believe we are more committed to the kingdom of God than we are.

We simply tend to see others as more godly than we are.

Here's the problem with this tendency.

When you name yourself as righteous, when you attribute to yourself more maturity than you

actually have, you don't seek the grace that is your only hope.

We don't think we devalue grace, but that's exactly what many of us do,

because we look at ourselves and conclude that we're spiritually okay.

We don't tend to have a deep esteem and appreciation for the grace that is our only hope

in life and in death. You see, only people who acknowledge how deep their need is

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