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Be Humble

Sunday, August 28, 2011
Led by Eric Gintert

To be humble means to bow down from your own righteousness and to weaken yourself.
  • Philippians 2:1-16  -  Jesus humbled himself in that He became obedient unto death. His objective was not to draw attention to Himself. Jesus didn't come to be ministered unto but to minister to others (Matthew 20:28). God humbled Himself in that he became a man and died for our sins.
    • Humbling yourself is saying, "Thy will be done and not my own" like Jesus did.
  • 1 Peter 5:1-9  -  One is not an elder because he is physically older... it has to do with spiritual age in Christ. Sometimes an older Christian who is a babe in Christ has to humble himself to be taught by a younger person who has known the Lord longer (an elder in Christ). The younger also has to humble themselves by asking for help from the elders.
  • James 4:5-10  -  When we humble ourselves God will lift us up, but we have to submit ourselves unto Him. We must draw near unto Him and He will draw near to us.
  • Exodus 10:3  -  God even want's His enemies to humble themselves.
  • Matthew 23:12  -  God will abase the proud and exalt the humble.
  • Matthew 18:1-5  -  To be born again you must humble yourselves as a little child.
  • 2 Chronicles 7:14  -  The first thing you must do is humble yourselves if you want forgiveness and healing.
Children's Lesson: "Queen Esther Goes to the King"
Read Esther 5:2

Questions to Answer:
1.   Why were the Jews troubled and sad?
2.   Did the king know that Queen Esther was a Jew?
3.   What did Mordecai tell Esther to do?
4.   What did the king hold out to Queen Esther?
5.   Did the king save the lives of the Jews as Esther requested?

Bible Verse:
"In every thing give thanks." 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Prayer Requests
Del M. and Family
Hank & Kendra  -  Hank mowed over a nail while mowing the lawn and it came up and went through his back hitting the kidney, liver, heart and aorta. He is currently in an induced coma in Rochester, Minnesota while doctors decided what to do.
Ray's sister, Lois  -  health failing (won't eat), needs Christ's salvation.
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