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Humility Month Day 23: Jesus Reinstates Peter

How do you treat the people who weren’t there for you? Who let you down? Who blew it – with you? How good is the church at reinstating people after they’ve blown it? I invite you to get a Bible – in print or electronic – and start working through all or part of the prayers, scripture reading, questions, and devotional reading below. Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 21: Apart from Jesus We Can Do Nothing

Jesus told his disciples that apart from him, they could do nothing. Is that really true? Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 20: Washing Feet

Foot washing: who would want that job? Jesus takes that role and tells his disciples to do that for one another. What a humble role! But the King of Kings chooses this role. What does this mean for those stuck in humble conditions? Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 19: Humble Yourself or Be Humbled

Pride is nothing new. People like to be respected and endorsed in social situations. But if we aren’t careful, our pride can lead to being humiliated by others. Jesus gives good advice for avoiding that. This is the day the Lord has made. Even if you are dealing with humiliation, let us agree to somehow rejoice in this day. Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 17: Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

We may be content to remain what we call ‘ordinary people’: but He is determined to carry out a quite different plan. To shrink back from that plan is not humility; it is laziness and cowardice. To submit to it is not conceit or megalomania; it is obedience. CS Lewis Continue reading

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