First pride, then the crash— the bigger the ego, the harder the fall. It’s better to live humbly among the poor than to live it up among the rich and famous. It pays to take life seriously; things work out when you trust in GOD. A wise person gets known for insight; gracious words add to one’s reputation. True intelligence is a spring of fresh water, while fools sweat it out the hard way. They make a lot of sense, these wise folks; whenever they speak, their reputation increases. Gracious speech is like clover honey— good taste to the soul, quick energy for the body. There’s a way that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell. Appetite is an incentive to work; hunger makes you work all the harder. Mean people spread mean gossip; their words smart and burn. Troublemakers start fights; gossips break up friendships. Calloused climbers betray their very own friends; they’d stab their own grandmothers in the back. A shifty eye betrays an evil intention; a clenched jaw signals trouble ahead.
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There are some striking similarities in the stories of Johann Sebastian Bach and Alexander Hamilton. While both men worked “like they were running out of time,” the source of their ambition could not have been more different. This three-day plan takes a closer look at what drove these men and what the Bible has to say about ambition for our own work.
Have you ever started a project only to realize you didn’t have the tools required to finish the expected task? What do you think God expects from you? The theme of these guided audio meditations is learning what God requires — knowing beforehand what God expects of you so you can complete divine tasks with confidence — learning to live a life of humility that focuses first on loving others.
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Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this wisdom packed devotional. Pride is the enemy’s weapon to stagnate your purpose. Pride isolates and will cause you to whither in the wilderness. Pride will delay your promise and keep you in generational bondage. Pride is the precursor to destruction and is the enemy’s weapon to keep you in cycles. Let God lead and soften your heart as you read this transformative message.
Pride can get the best of us all. It is the sneakiest temptation we face because it can take over our thoughts without us realizing it is happening. This study digs in to how to recognize that temptation, how to control our thought process, and how to remind ourselves that God is the author and perfecter. In this study, we choose to say, "Jesus, Step into my story."
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