I hope to speak a bit more on pride in the months to come, I had hoped to speak more of it this month but God gave me some things that really needed to be addressed and although this is a small article it is nevertheless just as important as anything else you may read this month. I have spoken and counciled more people on relationships and it seems that when I do the ever present problem that I almost always run into is pride. I am not talking of a man being proud of his accomplishments or of his wife and kids, that is not only healthy but I would say expected of any man worth his salt. I am talking about the kind of pride that would prevent a man or a woman from admitting they are wrong when they are or preventing them from saying they are sorry when they should, I believe that particular pride is the name of one of Satan’s devils that is out to destroy that man or woman and their very life. He is also the same pride that (Cont Pg 6) (Contiued from Page 5) would prevent this person from getting the help he needs when he needs it. If that is you, you have nobody to blame for your present problems but yourself. You need to repent of that pride and turn back to God who is faithful to forgive, and now let’s close this with a few thoughts from God’s Word on Pride. Words to live by.

. I Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. Galatians 6:3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.

Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.

I John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Matthew 6:16-18 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Obadiah 1:3-4 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

Proverbs 11:2 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom. Proverbs 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he. Proverbs 16:5 Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 16:18-19 Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 25:27 [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.

Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Psalms 101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Psalms 138:6 Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

I Samuel 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

I Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.