Tag Archive | humble

New Year. New You?

Jan2

Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:1-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.4.1-3.NASB1995

. . . . .be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.
Colossians 1:9-12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.1.9-12.NASB1995

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Colossians 3:1-3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.1-3.NASB1995

🌹I will sing a new song to You, O God; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
Psalms 144:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.144.9.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Blessed To Be Used

Dec5

And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord,And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed. For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name.
Luke 1:46-49 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.46-49.NASB1995

As Mary was blessed to be used of God, are you?

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”
Luke 1:45 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.45.NASB1995

🌹And His mercy is upon generation after generation Toward those who fear Him.
Luke 1:50 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.1.50.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Gloomy

Aug18

Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.
James 4:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.9.NASB1995

. . . For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.
Nehemiah 8:9b NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/neh.8.9.NASB1995

The words of the law draws one to be convicted. When conviction causes us to mourn and weep in our souls, making us miserable, it is time to humble ourselves before God, seeking His forgiveness.

So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.
Job 5:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/job.5.11.NASB1995

🌹Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
James 4:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.10.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Firm in Your Faith

Aug13

Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.7.NASB1995

1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God. . .

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:8-11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.5.8-11.NASB1995

Did you catch that? How do we resist the devil? Be firm in our faith.

🌹Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.4.11.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Grace

Aug12

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.4.6.NASB1995

Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
Matthew 23:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.23.12.NASB1995

For the hand of God made all things. There is nothing created that did not come into being without Him. God says, “But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.”
All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Isaiah 66:2 /1 Peter 5:5 NASB1995

🌹For though the Lord is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar.
Psalms 138:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.138.6.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Gentleness of Wisdom

Jul30

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
James 3:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.3.13.NASB1995

Gentleness of wisdom is humbleness in serving, teaching, mentoring, living – in all we do. We are not to boast of the wisdom we have because wisdom is from God Himself.

For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.2.6.NASB1995

🌹But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon https://indasharonjesus.org

What Are You Pursuing?

Jun9

But the brother (church member) of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;
James 1:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.9.NASB1995

What “high position” is that? It is not our social status, but that we are a child of God, an heir. Are we taking great delight in our high position, living in His glory?

and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass (the flower of the grass) he will pass away.
James 1:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.10.NASB1995

Just as the man of “humble circumstances” will pass away, so will the rich man. His humiliation is to know that he is a sinner and without Christ, the only thing he is worthy of is eternal death. Without Jesus we are all dead. The pursuit of God should outweigh the pursuit of wealth, fame, comfort in this life.

For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.
James 1:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.11.NASB1995

🌹What, or should I say, ‘Who are we pursuing’ this side of eternity?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Humble Obedience

May19

. . . as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of
humility
Colossians 3:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.12.NASB1995

Jesus, our perfect example:
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:3-8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/php.2.3-8.NASB1995

🌹The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.22.4.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Boasting

Oct21

My soul will make its boast in the Lord; The humble will hear it and rejoice.
Psalms‬ 34:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.34.2.NASB1995

My boasting shall be that I understand and know God and that He is Lord!²

With His praise continually on my lips others will hear (the humble) and be curious, opening opportunity to share the joy of knowing, loving, and walking with God.

Do others see Jesus in you? Do others recognize there is something different about you? Do the humble hear of Jesus through you?

🌹But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 1:30-31 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.1.30-31.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
Https://indasharonjesus.org

²Jeremiah 9:24

Humble & Contrite

Sep23

For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
Isaiah 66:2a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.66.2.NASB1995

Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing.
Isaiah 40:26 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.40.26.NASB1995

The glory of the Lord can be seen all around us in His glorious creation. There is something calming and peaceful when taking a stroll with God in His creation.

But God’s greatest creation is the one who belongs to Him.

🌹“But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.
Isaiah 66:2b NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.66.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org