Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] What's going on? Y' all talking about pride today, this thing is huge, especially when you're looking at it from a biblical perspective and you're a Christian trying to overcome pride.
[00:00:15] So overcoming pride as a Christian is something that we have to do as Christians.
[00:00:24] I'm going to share with you six different things, things that you can do that can help you to overcome pride.
[00:00:30] And they're very. They're.
[00:00:33] You're going to leave with six different things to figure out how to overcome pride. And I'm going to share my experiences with it and be in the fight with you, be along here with you.
[00:00:46] Excuse me.
[00:00:48] The first thing you got to do is confess your pride.
[00:00:51] Proverbs chapter 16, verse 18 says, Pride goes before destruction and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
[00:00:59] Recognize pride as a sin.
[00:01:04] It's very difficult to confess, to say that you're prideful, because, for one, you may not know what. That you are being prideful to begin with.
[00:01:15] And you could just ask. You can ask God to help you. You can ask the Holy Spirit to help you.
[00:01:22] David did it in this all over Psalms, like, was, it created me a clean heart to test my heart. Oh, God, right? That's. That's. I. I can't know exactly which song, but. But he's. David's like, test my heart, right? I believe that's a prayer.
[00:01:41] It's either that prayer or other ones that David talks about. Like.
[00:01:45] Like, look at me, searching me, deep in me. Oh, God, right?
[00:01:49] You ask God. God, help me. Let me know when I'm prideful.
[00:01:54] Help me with your Holy Spirit.
[00:01:56] Grant me wisdom to understand and see when I'm being proud.
[00:02:00] And God will show you. God will show you.
[00:02:04] You can.
[00:02:06] You can pray for humility. That's the second thing.
[00:02:10] Philippians 2, 3 says, do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility, consider others as important than yourselves.
[00:02:21] Seek God's help to develop a humble heart.
[00:02:25] When I read this verse sometimes, okay, in my experience, there has been people that will use this for their own selfish gain, because they will use that humility that you're striving for for themselves.
[00:02:44] And they'll say, like, they'll gaslight you with this, this verse. It's happened to me before. Like, oh, God says to be like this, you're supposed to be selfish. You know, you're not supposed to be selfish. You're not supposed to be conceited.
[00:02:59] And this. And the narcissistic church member will say this to you to bend to the. To their whims. Or to whatever they want you to do.
[00:03:11] Still, in humility. Humility does not mean to lose respect for yourself.
[00:03:17] You can pray for humility.
[00:03:20] And in my opinion, in my experience, humility is not to disrespect yourself. That's not what it is.
[00:03:31] If you think about it, humility is the opposite of pride. And to have humility means to have self control, patience, because you want to be prideful in doing the things that you want to do out of, out of pride. You want to be proud, you want to be, want to hold to that, that machismo or whatever you want to call it.
[00:03:58] 3. Follow Jesus example.
[00:04:01] Imitate Christ's humility and service at this John 13:15, for he gave you an example that you also should do as he as. Okay.
[00:04:14] John 13:15, For I have given you an example that you also should do as I have done to you.
[00:04:22] This is Jesus in John 13:15.
[00:04:28] In this particular passage, he washes the, the, the, the feet of the disciples.
[00:04:35] He washes the feet of his disciples. Think about that.
[00:04:40] You're in an argument with somebody, with an enemy, with somebody that you don't like, and the last thing on your mind is to wash that person's feet, right?
[00:04:57] These are the disciples. These are the guys that, when he was on the cross, when he was going through all that persecution before going to the cross, that we're nowhere near him.
[00:05:09] Like, Peter denied him so many times and he tells, like after his resurrection, he, he appears to them, he'll see, tell Thomas, he's like, look at the hole in my hand.
[00:05:21] Look at the, the, where the sword, where the spear pierced me on my side.
[00:05:29] Jesus knew, Jesus knew these guys were going to like, flee, you know what I mean? And, and even one of them was going to betray him.
[00:05:40] One of them, he knew one of them was going to betray him. And what he washed, he washed their feet.
[00:05:46] If that's not the passage, if it answer this question, help me answer this question in the comments. The Did Jesus wash Judas's feet?
[00:05:56] The disciple who betrayed him? Number four. Serve others for the Son of man. Mark chapter 10, verse 45 says, for the Son of man also came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. Wow.
[00:06:13] Act selflessly without seeking recognition.
[00:06:17] Wow. How prideless is that?
[00:06:19] When we're prideful, we want to receive all the credit.
[00:06:23] We want all the credit. Like, oh, I did that. That's by my own making.
[00:06:28] I'm the person that made that person look good. You know what I Mean that. That's, that's proud. You understand what pride is because you feel like it's wrong. That's one of the things that I learned.
[00:06:40] Like, the more I read God's Word and the more I understand how God wants me to be through. Through reading the Bible, reading Proverbs, reading about pride in proverbs, understanding Jesus's life on earth, even, even Old Testament, like some, some of the Older Testament, all the, you know, the, the forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, all these stories you learn about pride. So you learn to understand, like, oh, wait this, wait a minute. This is prideful. Like, you feel it in your gut. That's when you need to, like, change it, right? And when you serve others and learn not to seek recognition, that's difficult. When, when you come from being proudful and proud and PR and prideful in a sense where you're. You. You want the credit, right?
[00:07:34] Try to do something like, that's one thing you can do. Exercise that.
[00:07:38] Serving others, right? Think about, think about a server at a restaurant.
[00:07:44] You know, somebody that serves you. The waitress, the waiter, they're serving you, right?
[00:07:52] And how, and how do some people treat them like, like crap. Like, they treat them bad because they know they can, because that's how servers are treated. You know, they're in a humble position, right? That's why some waiters and waitresses are, are. Are.
[00:08:08] Can't handle the job or can't handle the job, you know, so. And I'm, I'm not saying to put yourself in a situation where you're going to be abused. Don't do that. If you're in that situation, you need to tell somebody, get out of that situation.
[00:08:22] You know, don't do that. But when you serve others, you. You do something for somebody without accepting anything in return.
[00:08:31] That, that is, that will help you to be humble.
[00:08:37] 15. Meditate on Scripture.
[00:08:40] James, chapter 4, verse 6.
[00:08:42] God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Wow. Listen to that. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
[00:08:53] Let God's Word transform your mindset.
[00:08:57] That's huge.
[00:08:58] It's been a huge thing for me because you understand, you understand God's Word. You learn to understand God's Word, like God, that God is reverent. God is, you know, fear the Lord as it says in Proverbs 1:7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
[00:09:18] His Word will show you humility.
[00:09:23] Read the Psalms. You can read how David was prideful towards.
[00:09:28] You know, he would. David was ask. Was telling God to basically, like, harm his enemies, you know, and God being a God of forgiveness through Jesus Christ, like, he. God even gives our enemies a chance for redemption, right?
[00:09:49] Like, so you learn God's word, you learn it. Proverbs is a huge one for me. Where I started was the letters.
[00:09:59] Excuse me?
[00:10:01] I started in the letters because when I started reading the Bible, I was at a college age and my reading level was subpar. It was elementary. A lot of the words in the Bible I did not. I was like, what does this mean? What does this mean? I had to constantly in the dictionary, look up the word, like every other word.
[00:10:24] So I was very illiterate when I started reading the Bible. So I picked short books in the Bible or letters like, like Ephesians, Galatians, Philippians, James, 1st Peter, 2nd Peter. Real short letters, right? That way I can finish. I. I can finish one and feel like I had a victory. Okay, all right. I. I read a little bit of the Bible. Cool. You know what I mean? It's a short victory for me. Then I landed on Proverbs. Oh, my gosh. Proverbs is full of wisdom, as you can see. My channel is named Random Bible Proverb, right?
[00:10:59] There's so much wisdom in there. Meditate on it. And when you're. I know I don't meditate on Scripture, like saying a verse over and over. I used to. I don't know why I stopped. But what I. I read so much the Bible that whenever I'm in situations where the Holy Spirit is telling me, remember this scripture that you read.
[00:11:25] And I'll remember it like, oh, shoot, I remember reading this somewhere.
[00:11:29] And then I won't remember exactly where it's at. And then later on, oh, yeah, this is where it's at.
[00:11:34] You know what I mean? Scripture is huge. Read scripture. Last thing.
[00:11:39] Welcome Correction.
[00:11:41] Proverbs, chapter 15, verse 32. He who refuses correction goes astray.
[00:11:47] But he who listens to reproof, shows understanding, embrace feedback, to grow.
[00:11:55] Feedback can come from. From anywhere.
[00:11:59] Make sure it's. It's.
[00:12:02] You have to sift feedback as well, because you could have somebody that just wants to. To feel overpowering towards you. And there are. There is feedback that comes from, say, a boss that you don't like, but you know that. But you have to understand that they're in a place of authority for a reason, right? So if they're telling me to do something or I did something wrong, learn how to accept it. Because, like, in the past, I've been like, oh, that guy doesn't Know what he's talking about? He just doesn't like me.
[00:12:37] Forget him. Why do I have to listen to him? That's pride.
[00:12:40] So we have to learn, okay?
[00:12:43] I'm not fully grown, I'm not perfect, right? And we have to learn. Okay.
[00:12:51] Maybe I'm in a situation where I don't know everything, right? Because you can be if you feel like, you know, pride will cause you to feel like you know everything and you don't need help from anybody. Right? I'm not saying that it to not go and work alone because I, I, I'm, I'm a huge person, proponent of, of learning how to work on my own, to work by myself, right?
[00:13:14] But I'm saying if you don't know something, ask somebody, ask questions. That's a huge thing. On my personal channel, I'm ADD adhd. I talk about asking questions. Like the importance of asking questions for a person like me is important because if you don't ask questions, if you don't, if, if you're not willing to learn something, then you're not willing to grow when you ask questions, that's when you learn to grow.
[00:13:45] So welcome, correction. Embrace feedback to grow.
[00:13:50] And always remember that God is the center point. No pastor, no person, no kids, children, nothing. Your parents, grandparents, no God, Jesus Christ. That's the focal point.
[00:14:05] That's where you always tether back to, tether back to the word. What does God say? Because, I mean, I'm not saying you don't, don't learn how to have people that are in authority over you. I'm saying don't make them the ultimate authority to where their word becomes more important than God's word. That's all I'm saying.
[00:14:31] So, la, last thing, here's the takeaway.
[00:14:35] Here, here, here's the thing that you can do. You can journal prideful moments, confess them to God and pray for humility.
[00:14:43] Let me know if this helps. If you guys, how do you handle pride? You know, how have you handled it in the past as how have you, I want to know how have you experienced pride? Have you been in a prideful moment where you don't, where you don't think it's been pride, but it had, but it was.
[00:15:01] How has humility helped you? How has any of these points helped you? Here's another video that might be helpful. Appreciate you guys. Bye.
