Posts with the category “humility”

07/15/26There are some things we choose to wear because they identify us. A uniform tells you someone’s profession. A wedding ring tells you someone has made a covenant. A favorite team jersey tells y...  Read More

06/18/2026There are some verses in Scripture that are powerful standing alone, and 1 John 2:6 is certainly one of them. Yet sometimes the richest understanding comes when we step back and read the sur...  Read More

06/16/2026We live in n a world that celebrates power, status, and self-promotion, but God calls His people to something very different. There was a time that I wondered what God truly desired from us....  Read More

04/04/2026Real love is easy to talk about when life is comfortable. It is much harder to live when it costs us something. The cross reminds us that love is not merely a feeling, a preference, or a sen...  Read More

03/08/2026“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.”— Proverbs 31:25–26 (NIV)There is something p...  Read More

03/05/2026“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.”- Matthew 6:3 (NIV)I think there is something in all of us that enjoys being noticed. When we h...  Read More

01/22/2026“I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ.”— Philemon 1:6 (NIV)Paul’s prayer for...  Read More

01/14/2026“Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.”— Proverbs 22:4 (NIV)This verse feels almost upside down in a world that tells us to climb, compete, and constantl...  Read More

01/11/2026Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.—1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)In the bustling earl...  Read More

01/10/2026“Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” — Psalm 103:2 (NIV)It’s striking how quickly the human heart can drift toward forgetting. We remember disappointments with precis...  Read More

11/25/2025“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.”— Luke 6:38 (NIV)There’s something beautiful about the way J...  Read More

11/12/2025“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”— 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV)In a world that often tears people down, God calls His people to be build...  Read More

11/09/2025“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.”- Psalm 139:23 (NIV)This prayer that David shares is one that is both brave and beautiful. He isn’t asking God to bl...  Read More

11/07/2025“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”—2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV)When Paul wrote these words, he was in a Roman prison nearing the end of his earthly journ...  Read More

11/04/2025“Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.”- 1 John 2:6 (NIV)When John wrote these words, he cut straight to the heart of what it means to be a Christian. He didn’t talk about ch...  Read More

11/03/2025“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.”- Matthew 6:19 (NIV)Jesus’ words here are a gentle but powerful remi...  Read More

10/29/2025“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—t...  Read More

10/08/2025“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”- John 15:12 (NIV)Jesus’ words here are simple, yet they carry the weight of Heaven’s greatest command. Notice He doesn’t say “I sug...  Read More

10/07/2025“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”- Galatians 5:24 (NIV)When Paul wrote to the Galatians, he was addressing believers who were tempted...  Read More

09/24/2025“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.”– James 3:13 (NIV)Wisdom in Scripture is never just about...  Read More

09/18/2025“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”— Galatians 3:28 (NIV)The Apostle Paul penned these words to a d...  Read More

09/06/2025“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”— Micah 6:8 (NIV)Today’s verse is one of t...  Read More

09/03/2025“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”– James 5:16 (NIV)When James wrote t...  Read More

08/09/2025“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” – Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)The world has a way of putting its own price tag on beauty. From magazine...  Read More

07/31/2025“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”— Philippians 2:3 (NIV)Here on earth, we are often encouraged to put ourselves first. ...  Read More

07/25/2025“Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”– Matthew 20:28 (NIV)In a world obsessed with status, power, and being first, Jesu...  Read More

06/22/2025“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.”- 1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)There’s something powerful about the quiet strength of humility. In a world th...  Read More

06/09/2025“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” - Luke...  Read More

05/09/2025“Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.”- John 13:14 (NIV)In one of the most stunning and humbling moments in the Gospels, Jesus, ...  Read More

01/19/2025“Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.” – 1 Chronicles 16:24 (NIV)Take a moment and imagine the resounding joy of David’s celebration. The ark of the co...  Read More

11/30/2024“Rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to deat...  Read More

11/10/2024“Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.”– Proverbs 22:4 (NIV)In today’s fast-paced world, we often find ourselves chasing success, status, and wealth. But...  Read More

11/8/2024“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”– Philippians 2:3 (NIV)In our world, self-promotion, personal success, and the quest fo...  Read More

10/29/2024“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”- Galatians 1:1...  Read More

9/8/2024"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."— Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)Today’s verse calls us to embody humility, gentleness, and patience—qualities that can be c...  Read More

9/6/2024"Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity."- 1 Ti...  Read More

7/2/2024"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits." - Proverbs 18:21 (ESV)Words are incredibly powerful. They have the capacity to build up or tear down...  Read More

3/29/2024"Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." - Hebrews 4:16 ESVAs we reflect on Good Friday, a day marked ...  Read More

3/28/2024"If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." - John 13:14 ESVToday is Thursday of Holy Week, a day when we remember the Last Supper an...  Read More

3/16/2024"Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." - Matthew 20:28 ESVAdmittedly, many of us prefer to be served rather than to serve othe...  Read More