Good morning, Champion. “Pride ain’t no friend of yours” James 4:5-6 (NKJV) Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” (The Message) It's common knowledge that "God goes against the willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble." It is good for us to remember that pride is no friend to our life or destiny. It will cause you to know the resistance of God’s hand rather than the lifting grace of it. I don’t know about you but I do not want to live my life with God resisting me, but I certainly want to experience His daily grace assisting me. The key is very simple: keep pride out of your heart and life. Instead let humility (not false humility) reign throughout the corridors of your being. Pride and arrogance are the forerunners to stuff we really do not want. Proverbs 16:18-19 (NKJV) Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. There is nothing wrong in taking a healthy pride in what you do but that is so different to the unhealthy pride that tries to stand arrogantly in the face of God and His wisdom, “knowing better”. Remember, it was pride that deceived Satan concerning who he really was and was the doorway to him getting kicked out of heaven. Satan had a pretty good job – he was head worship leader, given the privilege of reflecting the worship of heaven towards God. Sadly, one day he decided he did not want to pass it on but own it himself. It was that very moment that destruction came to collect him! May we all today again purpose to walk humbly before our God, not being scared to celebrate who He has made us to be but ever conscious of what we would be without Him! Bless you, Andy
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Andy Elmes: Breakfast of Champions
Good morning, Champion. “Pride ain’t no friend of yours” James 4:5-6 (NKJV) Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” (The Message) It's common knowledge that "God goes against the willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble." It is good for us to remember that pride is no friend to our life or destiny. It will cause you to know the resistance of God’s hand rather than the lifting grace of it. I don’t know about you but I do not want to live my life with God resisting me, but I certainly want to experience His daily grace assisting me. The key is very simple: keep pride out of your heart and life. Instead let humility (not false humility) reign throughout the corridors of your being. Pride and arrogance are the forerunners to stuff we really do not want. Proverbs 16:18-19 (NKJV) Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. There is nothing wrong in taking a healthy pride in what you do but that is so different to the unhealthy pride that tries to stand arrogantly in the face of God and His wisdom, “knowing better”. Remember, it was pride that deceived Satan concerning who he really was and was the doorway to him getting kicked out of heaven. Satan had a pretty good job – he was head worship leader, given the privilege of reflecting the worship of heaven towards God. Sadly, one day he decided he did not want to pass it on but own it himself. It was that very moment that destruction came to collect him! May we all today again purpose to walk humbly before our God, not being scared to celebrate who He has made us to be but ever conscious of what we would be without Him! Bless you, Andy
Monday, 13 December 2010
Andy Elmes; Breakfast of Champions
Good morning, Champion. Let’s give Jesus what He is looking for Luke 18:8 (NKJV) I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” This great statement ends with a question mark, meaning that a response is desired. I want to challenge you, as this challenged me, by asking you, “How will you answer that question in your life — will He find faith?” If we hold this question in context we see that it follows the parable of the persistent widow, a story relaying the truth of what happens to a person when they refuse to sit down but rather make the choice to keep on keeping on for what they need and believe is rightfully theirs. Notice in the parable that Jesus did not rebuke her for being annoying. On the contrary, He portrayed her favorably for getting what she persisted for. In this verse does He ask, "Will I find good management?" Does He ask, "Will I find incredible wisdom?" No! Both of those are very important and are necessities when building something well but they are not what He asked if He would find. He wanted to know if he would find faith; people trusting Him and His promises in a child-like yet dynamic, world-shaking way. We should all have a percentage or element of our life which represents what we can do and what we are capable of with the talents and abilities He has blessed us with. We should also all have a percentage of ourselves which tells us that certain areas of our lives only God can cause change, growth or healing or whatever it is we need to believe Him for. There will always be things in life that are beyond our power and capabilities and it is with these things we are called to put our faith in God and believe that He is able to take care of us and by faith allow Him to move in those areas of your life. Don’t have your life all worked out according to what you can produce or achieve by your own ability, but rather have a big slice called faith where you declare, "I am believing God for the impossible". It is then we see our lives change from natural lives to supernatural ones. What are you believing Him for these days? What impossible thing are you presently trusting Him for? If the answer is nothing then start to believe again and release your faith, because it is faith that He is looking for.
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