When PRIDE sneaks in!
✨A Light 💡in the Night🌙
Good evening family 🙏🏾🌙✨! I hope your day has been full of JOY😊, but tonight God is leading me to talk about something that challenges ALL of us—PRIDE👑.
No matter how STRONG💪🏾 we think our WALK🚶🏾♀️ is, PRIDE can slip in quietly. It may look like being “right”🗣️ in an argument, feeling superior🏆 in our accomplishments, or forgetting to give GOD🙌🏾 the glory. But Scripture is clear: “PRIDE comes before DESTRUCTION💥, and a haughty spirit before a FALL📉” (Proverbs 16:18).
I’ll be real with you—I had a moment this week where the LORD🌟 revealed a piece of PRIDE in me. The HOLY SPIRIT🔥 convicted me, and I had to REPENT💧. That was not easy. But it was NECESSARY. Because REPENTANCE brings RESTORATION🌈.
We can’t afford to let PRIDE ruin our WITNESS🌍. People are watching👀. They are looking for CHRIST👑 in us —not perfection, but HUMILITY🌱. When we admit our weakness and seek forgiveness, others see the POWER⚡ of God at work in real time.
So tonight, I encourage you—EXAMINE🕵🏾♀️ your heart. Ask the HOLY SPIRIT🔥 to shine light💡 on any hidden PRIDE. And when He does, don’t resist. Bow before the Father🛐, REPENT, and let Him lift you up.
📖 Proverbs 16:18
📖 1 Peter 5:6
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