No Ego Amigo
Selected Scriptures
1 Peter 5:5-6 (NKJV)
“Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,”
2 Chronicles 16:9 (NLT)
The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
Pride:
A sinful, arrogant, haughty, self-reliant attitude or spirit that causes a person to have an inflated or puffed up view of themselves. Those who are proud think of themselves as better than others and look down on others with contempt
Humility:
Seeing ourselves as we truly are, fallen in sin and helpless without God. Humility is often characterized as genuine gratitude, a lack of arrogance, and a modest view of one’s self.
1. Humble People Serve
Matthew 20:28 (NKJV)
Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
John 13:12-14 (NKJV)
So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
Proverbs 11:25 (NLT)
The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
2. Humble People Care
Psalm 145:8 (NKJV)
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy.
Luke 7:13 (NKJV)
When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”
Matthew 9:36 (NKJV)
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.
Philippians 2:19-22 ESV
I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
3. Humble People Love
Galatians 5:13 (NASB)
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
John 13:34-35 (ESV)
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Romans 12:6-8 (NLT)
In His grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
