A Word We Don't Like Talking About

What is Pride? This word/topic has come up in prayer a whooooolllllleeeee lot recently and there was a sermon on it some weeks ago. Something my pastor said really stood out to me, and its been of those things i havent forgotten about. This has been heavy on my heart for a while, and God is teaching me how to live a life without pride.

It's definetely easy to point out other people's pride, and its easy for us to say "that was really humbling," but when was the last time we said, "I've been prideful lately?"

~Proverbs 16:18,19 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud
~Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

1) When we are prideful, we are not active in our prayer life. We are taking situations into our hands, and not seeking God first.
2) We are prideful when we ask God for help when the "big things" come up. We are saying we can do the little things on our own.
3) We are prideful when we skimp out on reading the Bible EVERY DAY. We are saying we can survive without the Word, when Jesus plainly states, He is the "Bread of life (John 6:25)"
4) We are prideful when we know we mess up, but decide not to present our sin to the Father. We say we can learn from our mistakes on our own.

"Poor in spirit" represents our humility. I want to be humble before the Lord.