EACF 40 Days of Prayer 2019
Day 6: For humility
Today is Sunday and it's a great day to pray for humility. C.S. Lewis said, "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less." There are two primary ways in which we become humbled: we face our faults/sins or we encounter someone greater than us. When we worship God, these two go hand-in-hand. We encounter God in His glory and holiness, and we also are exposed in our sin in God's holy presence. But in this encounter we are also humbled to know God's gracious love toward us. And here we find ourselves thinking of ourselves less...because we love God more than we love ourselves. We love the concerns of God more than we love our own wants. This is a humbling thought: we ought to love God more than we love ourselves.
"And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." - Philippians 2:8 ESV
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you." - 1 Peter 5:6 ESV
"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience" - Colossians 3:12 ESV
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