pride

"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! "But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'…

Isaiah 14:13-14

You have been deceived by your own pride because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. 'Who can ever reach us way up here?' you ask boastfully. Obadiah 1:3

GETTING /Taking THE CREDIT . . .

the tendency of human male 

ego is to independence,

the "I-did-it-my-way"

syndrome sometimes

stated as "If it's

going to be it has

to be me".

For the homo sapien

male any kind of 

dependence is

"anathema".

this is the essence of pride

that signals a mans downfall.

My first step to humility:

I must STOP TAKING CREDIT

"MY" ACCOMPLISHMENTS ...

the next step:

recognise that I CANNOT

take credit for ANYTHING ever!

"for thine is the Kingdom

and the Power and the Glory

forever, Amen.

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:1-4