Day 221, Year 1 Be Humble Before the Lord “And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, ‘Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest […]
Day 222, Year 1 Adjusting Your Heart “Every valley shall be filled And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough ways smooth.” (Luke 3:5 NKJV) Obviously, today’s verse refers to the invisible work of leveling and repairing roads in the human hearts and spirits. Indeed, many
Day 223, Year 1 No Arrogance in Victory, No Resentment in Defeat “Every valley shall be filled And every mountain and hill brought low.” (Luke 3:5a NKJV) Crookedness and uprightness were mentioned in previous days, while inferiority and pride are today’s focus. Nowadays, many people feel inferior or have low self-esteem, mainly because they compare
Day 224, Year 1 Humbly Admit Who You Are “The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector,
Day 225, Year 1 Pray for God’s Salvation and Redemption “But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other.”
Day 226, Year 1 God’s Humility and Exaltation “Who is like the LORD our God, Who dwells on high, Who humbles Himself to behold The things that are in the heavens and in the earth? He raises the poor out of the dust, And lifts the needy out of the ash heap.” (Psalm 113:5-7 NKJV)
Day 227, Year 1 Imitate the Lord’s Humility Jesus Christ, “being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” (Philippians 2:8 NASB) The word “humble” in today’s verse is tapeinoo in Greek. In the past, Jesus took the form of a
Day 228, Year 1 Redirecting Misplaced Humility “Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind.” (Colossians 2:18 NASB) The word “self-abasement” (tapeinophrosune) in today’s verse also means “a deep
Day 229, Year 1 Confessing the Truth of Human Life “A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.” (Proverbs 29:23 NKJV) “He said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the
Day 230, Year 1 Humble Yourselves Under the Mighty Hand of God “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time.” (1 Peter 5:6 NASB) The word for “humble” in today’s verse is tapeinoo in Greek. This verse is especially written for believers who are willing
