Key Verse: "After Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall." 2 Chronicles 26:16
In day one Beth Moore concentrates on the downfalls of becoming prideful. In my experience, pride comes to most people in one of two ways. Either we think we are too good and don't need God. Or we believe we are too bad and God won't accept us. Now some people think the second form of pride I list isn't pride at all. But isn't it just saying that they know more than God does? That is definitely pride. Pride puts us in the position of being God. Beth's best quote on pride is, "pride slights Him, but it destroys us."
Beth makes another great point; pride leads to captivity. I have a hard time with pride over my intelligence. Most of the time I feel like it is the only thing going for me-- it is dangerous because it makes me self-reliant. Self-reliance is a form of captivity because it takes me away from letting God be God.
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