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Don’t Be Selfish;
Be
Humble
You
and I have a problem. We both have an “I” problem. We are selfish. I know that
I am. How did I know that you are?
Scripture
3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others.
Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
Observation
You
and I have a problem. We both have an “I” problem. We are selfish. I know that
I am. How did I know that you are?
My
old nature is selfish and so is yours!
When
you and I are not walking close to God, when God’s Holy Spirit does not control
us then we only think of ourselves.
That
is why it is so important to start each day in God’s Word and take time to hear
from God and let Him be in control of our lives.
When
the Apostle Paul this letter He was thinking about two ladies, Euodia and Syntyche, servants in the church at
Philippi but who were at odds with each other.
Paul
is writing from a jail cell and even though he doesn’t know if he will be
released or if he will be killed his concern is not about his own situation his
concern is for the spiritual health of those in Philippi.
When
we are selfish that is when we are the most miserable.
When
we humble ourselves and place the needs of others above our own that is when
life is full of meaning and purpose and that is when life is exciting!
So
do we have an “I” problem this morning? What are we going to do about it?
Application
I
will ask the Lord to take His place on the throne of my life so I can put
others and their needs above my own. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, You know my heart and You know how selfish that I can be. Help me not
to think about myself today. Help me think about other people and put their
needs above my own.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not
jealous or boastful or proud [5] or rude. Love does not demand its own way.
Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. [6]
It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. [7]
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through
every circumstance. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 10,11;
Philippians 2
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