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ANTIDOTE TO PRIDE

Text: Philippians  2:3
 
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
 
The first antidote to pride is for you to  know that the path to greatness in God's kingdom is servanthood. Jesus said to His disciples, "...whoever desires to become great among you, he must be the servant of others..." To become the servant of others simply means that you should serve others. When your desire is always centered on serving others, then attention on  self and pride will fizzle away.

Today, we shall be looking at the second antidote to pride. 

Unlike the world's system, the scriptures is asking us to esteem others better than ourselves. This is a tall order, and only those who are dead to self can do this. The thought that conquers pride is that which esteem others better than oneself. It takes humility to come into this realm. Only a humble man could esteem others better than himself. 

It is worthy to note that humility is neither equivalent to mediocrity nor to lack of drive for excellence. 
 *Humility is not about thinking less of yourself, but thinking yourself less.*  While the first self (yourself) talks about timidity, the second self(yourself) talks about humility. Thinking yourself less  still comes down to taking attention away from self.

International Standard Version renders the study text thus: *"Do not act out of selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility think of others as being better than yourselves"- Phillipians 2:3*  it takes only humility to think others as being better than oneself, and this humility is the fruit of the Spirit..

This goes to say that only the Spirit can work out humility in you. It takes your cooperation with the Holy Spirit for you to be humble. 

May we continually find grace to give the Holy Spirit expressions in our lives in Jesus name.

*Bible reading:* 

Matthew 20:20-28.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Father God, help me to always focus on you alone in Jesus name.

2. Father God, help me to refrain from the spirit self-exaltation.

  *YouTube channel*
https://youtu.be/B6ton5I43Xg?si=fVC4xDoa-u-DMlO0

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