Respecting the Lord

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Respecting the LORD and not being proud will bring you wealth, honor, and life.”
Proverbs 22:4

God pickles the proud and preserves the foolish.
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Thank you for reminding me of this, I do wonder if I was pickled and preserved by my strong belief in my own capabilities, my lack of faith and humility kept me trapped in a cycle of failure, it took me to being broken before I accepted God, now I know what God can bring when we open our hearts to him.
 
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Thank you for reminding me of this, I do wonder if I was pickled and preserved by my strong belief in my own capabilities, my lack of faith and humility kept me trapped in a cycle of failure, it took me to being broken before I accepted God, now I know what God can bring when we open our hearts to him.
Often times that five letter word: PRIDE, takes "front and center" in our life.
That's when we need to recognize it has happened, and go immediately to the Lord asking His forgiveness...and to change our mindset regarding how we view life.
 
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Often times that five letter word: PRIDE, takes "front and center" in our life.
That's when we need to recognize it has happened, and go immediately to the Lord asking His forgiveness...and to change our mindset regarding how we view life.

I agree Bob, pride makes you full of yourself, no room for God there.
I was brought up to believe I could achieve anything I put my mind to and to believe in myself, I believe this is a great gift to a child as long as you are also taught to put God above yourself, and believe he is more powerful than anything you can imagine, even if you become super rich and powerful, life without God is full of traps and snares, as I know to my cost.
 
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I agree Bob, pride makes you full of yourself, no room for God there.
I was brought up to believe I could achieve anything I put my mind to and to believe in myself, I believe this is a great gift to a child as long as you are also taught to put God above yourself, and believe he is more powerful than anything you can imagine, even if you become super rich and powerful, life without God is full of traps and snares, as I know to my cost.
Great observation on your part. Wealth, power, status, etc. will have no value in our life when we take our last breath. Only our abiding faith in Christ will last for eternity.
 
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