~~~~~~~~~~~~EVIDENCE OF PRIDE~~~~~~~~~~~~
““““““““““by CHARLES STANLEY““““““““““
1. Wants to be number ONE ““Be the best you can be, but check your motive.
2. Continually referring to self
3. Must be center of attention
4. Seeking praise or compliments…..manipulating
5. Dressing to draw attention
6. Refuse the menial tasks
7. Can’t be happy about other peoples success
8. Cannot apologize
9. Attitude of self-sufficiency
10. Can’t take criticism
~~~~~~~~~~HOW TO DEAL WITH PRIDE~~~~~~~~~~
1. Ask God to help you recognize it.
2. Honestly identify areas of pride.
3. Confess and repent of each area individually and specifically.
4. Continually be alert.
5. Serve somebody else in someway.
6. Do something in secret for somebody else.
7. Remember where we came from…..humility.
8. Recall what He saved us from.
9. Stop comparing yourself with someone else. ““God is our goal…..pattern to follow.
10. Proverbs 27:2—Rule to live by: “` “Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth… ”
~~~~~~~~~~CORRECTION OF PRIDE~~~~~~~~~~
““““““““““““`ADVERSITY““““““““““““`
Ask God to send into my life whatever it takes to protect me from destroying my service to Him and others.
(How to recognize it and what to do about it)