Chapter 12
- "Are any of your ambitions for your child more important to you than their cultivation of humility and servanthood - the basis for true greatness as biblically defined?"
- "Parents are to be an example of greatness for their children."
- "Our culture daily celebrates those who are clearly not great in the eyes of God."
- To Kids: "So listen up and wise up and don't be a fool. Honor true greatness. Honor your father and mother. Make it your godly ambition that between this moment and that moment when you stand before their lifeless form, you will express your love and appreciation for them in countless creative ways."
- "Intentionally teach your children to serve."
11.21.2007
Humility: True Greatness #11
Chapter 11
- "Respond humbly to trials."
- Follow Habakkuk's example: 1) Prayerful before God 2) Waiting on God 3) Rejoicing in God.
- "Waiting is not resignation; waiting is an active trust in God to provide fulfillment in His perfect timing, according to His ultimate purpose of glorifying His Son."
- Are we more aware of our trials or our great salvation?
- "Rather than praying and being concerned about God's glory, rather than seeking to discern His purpose, rather than appealing for Him to be glorified in and through my trial, I'm instead questioning and complaining and demanding relief."
- "Respond humbly to trials."
- Follow Habakkuk's example: 1) Prayerful before God 2) Waiting on God 3) Rejoicing in God.
- "Waiting is not resignation; waiting is an active trust in God to provide fulfillment in His perfect timing, according to His ultimate purpose of glorifying His Son."
- Are we more aware of our trials or our great salvation?
- "Rather than praying and being concerned about God's glory, rather than seeking to discern His purpose, rather than appealing for Him to be glorified in and through my trial, I'm instead questioning and complaining and demanding relief."
Humility: True Greatness #10
Chapter 10
- "Invite and pursue correction."
- "Personal insight is the product of community."
- "It's possible to attend a meeting where others are confessing their sin where others are welcoming and responding to correction and yet fail to follow their example."
- "Humbly recognize your need for others."
- "Don't assume that by merely attending a group, by merely associating with those who are godly, you're therefore satisfying God and growing in godliness. That is deception."
- "Are you humbly and aggressively participating or merely observing [in your small group]?"
- "Studying biblical humility offers the potential of making serious progress in godliness..."
- "Humility doesn't demand mathematical precision from another's input; humility postures itself to receive God's grace from any avenue possible!!!"
- "Invite and pursue correction."
- "Personal insight is the product of community."
- "It's possible to attend a meeting where others are confessing their sin where others are welcoming and responding to correction and yet fail to follow their example."
- "Humbly recognize your need for others."
- "Don't assume that by merely attending a group, by merely associating with those who are godly, you're therefore satisfying God and growing in godliness. That is deception."
- "Are you humbly and aggressively participating or merely observing [in your small group]?"
- "Studying biblical humility offers the potential of making serious progress in godliness..."
- "Humility doesn't demand mathematical precision from another's input; humility postures itself to receive God's grace from any avenue possible!!!"
11.18.2007
Humility: True Greatness #9
Chapter 9
- "Each of us speaks about 25,000 words a day... How much of [those words] reflect pride, rather than a gospel-motivated humility?"
- "Encourage others each and every day."
- "How many of your twenty-five thousand words each day could be characterized as corrupting talk?" (Eph. 4:29)
- "Truly edifying words are words that reveal the character and the promises and the activity of God."
- "In Ephesians 4:29, Paul commands that our verbal communication always be purposeful."
- "What do [my] words reveal about [my] spirit?"
- "Let's experience afresh the transforming power and potential of this command and promise, so that increasingly a higher percentage of our twenty-five thousand words each day are soul-edifying, life-transforming, God-glorifying words of encouragement."
- "Each of us speaks about 25,000 words a day... How much of [those words] reflect pride, rather than a gospel-motivated humility?"
- "Encourage others each and every day."
- "How many of your twenty-five thousand words each day could be characterized as corrupting talk?" (Eph. 4:29)
- "Truly edifying words are words that reveal the character and the promises and the activity of God."
- "In Ephesians 4:29, Paul commands that our verbal communication always be purposeful."
- "What do [my] words reveal about [my] spirit?"
- "Let's experience afresh the transforming power and potential of this command and promise, so that increasingly a higher percentage of our twenty-five thousand words each day are soul-edifying, life-transforming, God-glorifying words of encouragement."
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