Pride - the False God

The people celebrating "pride" week or month fall into one of two categories especially as the pride they speak of is in their choice to lust after unnatural desires. We pray the Holy Spirit guides them off this path.

Pride is all about self-centredness. At one end of pride, we have arrogance and think we are better than others or want to be the centre of attention. At the other end is low self-esteem. Yes, if you think you are lower than everyone else, you are still self-focused.

By pride comes nothing but strife (Prov 13:10). There is no room for pride in the heart of real love as love is not proud (1 Cori 13:4) and God is love (1 John 4:7-8). Therefore there is no room for God in pride as pride centres on self, not Him.

And believe God's Word when He says He hates the type of pride being promoted using a perverted version of His symbol of the rainbow. God hates pride and arrogance (Prov 8:13, 16:5) and pride leads to shame and destruction (Prov 11:2).

Therefore let us not be part of pride but be humble, turn away from pride and self-centredness and be God-centred (this is the meaning of repentance) and thank God for all He gives us, does for us and does through us.

The time has come to choose which Kingdom you will be in - this world and its lust of the flesh and pride that leads to death or God's Kingdom soon to come and renew the Earth and life everlasting. 1 John 2:16-17

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