HUMILITY
"Learn from ME--
for I am gentle and humble
in heart." Matthew 11:29
for I am gentle and humble
in heart." Matthew 11:29
None so high and glorious as CHRIST;
yet none so gentle and humble.
To be low is the safest and loveliest
posture for sinful creatures.
It is the creature's honor to abase
himself before the most high GOD.
posture for sinful creatures.
It is the creature's honor to abase
himself before the most high GOD.
If men did but know themselves
more, they would be more humble.
more, they would be more humble.
Those who are humble,
are content and thankful.
A humble spirit is a charitable
and quiet spirit.
are content and thankful.
A humble spirit is a charitable
and quiet spirit.
When Paul was a Pharisee,
he thought he was blameless.
When he was a Christian, he
thought he was the chief of sinners.
he thought he was blameless.
When he was a Christian, he
thought he was the chief of sinners.
Neither all the devils in Hell nor
all the temptations of the world can
hurt that man who keeps himself
humble and depending on CHRIST.
all the temptations of the world can
hurt that man who keeps himself
humble and depending on CHRIST.
toward one another, because GOD opposes
the proud but gives grace to the humble."
1 Peter 5:5
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