He Exalts The Humble Heart Psalms 18:27 Psalms 25:9 Psalms 149:4 Proverbs 3:34 Luke 14:11 James 4:10 Isaiah 66:2 James 4:6 Matthew 23:12 1 Peter 5:5-7 09.13.19

HE EXALTS THE HUMBLE HEART

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²⁷ You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.  Psalm 18:27 (NIV)

⁹ He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.  Psalm 25:9 (NIV)

⁴ For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation.  Psalm 149:4 (NIV)

³⁴ He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.  Proverbs 3:34 (NIV)

¹¹ “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”  Luke 14:11 (NIV)

¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.  James 4:10 (NIV)

² “Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the LORD. “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.”   Isaiah 66:2 (NIV)

⁶ But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”  James 4:6 (NIV)

¹² For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.  Matthew 23:12 (NIV)

⁵ Young men, in the same way be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” ⁶ Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. ⁷ Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.  1 Peter 5:5-7 (NIV)

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“And if you don’t lie prostrate on the ground before that cross, you have never seen it:  if you are not humbled in the presence of Jesus, you don’t know Him.  You were so lost that nothing could save you but the sacrifice of God’s only begotten.  Think of that, and as Jesus lowered Himself for you, bow yourself in lowliness at His feet.  A sense of Christ’s amazing love to us has a greater tendency to humble us than even the conscious awareness of our own guilt……Pride cannot live beneath the cross.”   Charles H. Spurgeon

“Those who know God will be humble.  Those who know themselves cannot be proud.”   John Trapp

“It is a contradiction to be a true Christian and not to be humble.”   Richard Baxter

“Humble yourself, and cease to care what men think.”   A. W. Tozer

“To the humble He reveals His secrets, and sweetly draws nigh and invites him unto Himself.”   Thomas a Kempis

“It’s really your ugly pride that makes you afraid.   Just bow in humility — and you’ll rise up in courage.  It’s only pride’s hunger for perfection that paralyzes a heart.  It’s being enslaved to perfectionism that keeps us enslaved to fear.  Pride is fear’s father — and pride is the kin to all cowards.  Courage for the impossible can only be found in the possibility of humility. Because ‘This is the one God esteems:  he who is humble…’ (Isaiah 66:2).   Courage lives in the heart of the lowly… those who can embrace humility and the possibility of imperfection … because that needy place is the place we meet God.  Humility births courage and is brother to the brave.”   Ann Voskamp

“The King of Glory enters Jerusalem seated on a donkey's colt. Majesty is never so majestic as when it is clothed with humility. There never was one so majestic as this Jesus, none so humble. Nor shall there ever be.”   Ronnie Collier Stevens

“God only despises those who are arrogant and haughty -- those who are proud and are never willing to humble themselves and confess their sins. Those who have made a habit of rationalizing their sin, of explaining away their sin, of justifying their sin, will not experience restoration.  But God loves to forgive and restore a repentant sinner. God loves to use those who are truly brokenhearted and contrite. God loves to use them in a unique way.”   Michael Youssef

“The more humble a man is in himself, and the more obedient toward God, the wiser will he be in all things, and the more shall his soul be at peace.”   Thomas a Kempis

“Let’s be careful to remember that God has not chiefly called us to be awesome or to be ‘winners.’ Rather, he has called us to live humble, faithful, forgiven, and free. For that, in truth, is where all the true power is.”   Scott Sauls

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• ·         God opposes the proud but gives grace giving way to grace to the humble.
• ·         It is the exaltation of God which is eternal in nature.  Exaltation by man is merely fuel for the fire.  We are to keep your focus on living humbly before God and not on what man elevates.  We are to live our lives for an audience of One and we will not be disappointed.
• ·         What do you have that you did not receive and if you did receive it, why should you boast?