Today, we will continue looking at the  characteristics of God’s love… Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails…(1 Corinthians 13: 4-8). Love does not parade itself. The Greek word for parade

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us (2 Corinthians 4:7). The exalted self is perhaps the biggest casualty of Adam’s sin. This residual effect of spiritual death has left its roots system in every child of God. The root of the exalted self is pride. And we know that according to Proverbs that pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. You can see this exalted self in the pastor seeki

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones (Isaiah 57:15) Pride challenges us all. Lucifer became prideful of his exquisite beauty and became corrupted. He lost his lofty position and fell. Pride brings us low. Humility exalts us. Throughout scripture we are encouraged to humbl

Have this same attitude in yourselves which was in Christ Jesus [look to Him as your example in selfless humility], (6) who, although He existed in the form and unchanging essence of God [as One with Him, possessing the fullness of all the divine attributes—the entire nature of deity], did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped or asserted [as if He did not already possess it, or was afraid of losing it]; (7) but emptied Himself [without renouncing or diminishing

Today, we will continue looking at the characteristics of God’s love… Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails…(1 Corinthians 13: 4-8). Love does not parade itself. The Greek word for parade

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us (2 Corinthians 4:7). The exalted self is perhaps the biggest casualty of Adam’s sin. This residual effect of spiritual death has left its roots system in every child of God. The root of the exalted self is pride. And we know that pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall according to Proverbs. You can see this exalted self in the pastor seeking to

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails…(1 Corinthians 13: 4-8). Love does not parade itself. The Greek word for parade means a braggart, or a person who parades themselves and their accompli