We want more comfort; He offers us a cross. We want more position; He offers His purpose. We want more ease; He offers us eternity.
Humility
Brian Hardin
We won’t get far in life without wisdom and common sense. And we see that both are gifts of God and that God Himself uses them. Yet so often, we find ourselves doing anything but listening. Wisdom is available and calling to us from everywhere. (Proverbs 1:20-21) But often, we’re either not paying attention or ignoring her in favour of our ill-considered choices. However, wisdom is a companion of God, and he has offered this companion to us. It is worth our time to consider the ways in which we continue to ignore her.
Rick Warren
Humility applies all I read in Scripture to me. Pride applies it to everyone else but me.
Dan McCollam
Don’t make assumptions about what God is saying. Ask Him, and be patient while you wait for the answers.
Brian Simmons
Man’s life is fragile and temporary. His breath is in his nostrils, ready to stop at any moment. With all our boastings and with all our ingenuity and marvelous inventions, man is but a poor, vain creature. In all our littleness and helplessness we must turn away from the answers of men and ask for the breath of God.
Bethany Hicks
If you can fit all that God does in your box, then you don’t know Him that well. We must leave room for the wonder and mystery of God in how He chooses to speak to us.
Kris Vallotton
Some believe that calling out greatness in people promotes pride. True humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less. The truth of God’s grace humbles people without degrading them and exalts people without inflating them.
Andy Stanley
One of the primary reasons we don’t seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear–and we just don’t want to hear it.
Charles Finney
If an elder or private member of the church finds his brethren cold towards him, there is but one way to remedy it. It is by being revived himself, and pouring out from his eyes and from his life the splendor of the image of Christ. This spirit will catch and spread in the church, and confidence will be renewed, and brotherly love prevail again.
Katherine Walden
Speak the truth always but do so with the heart posture to cause the least offence. Chose your words wisely. Even when the truth you share may be hard, let your words drip with humility and compassion.