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Friday's Challenge on Posted by Rebekah

Every Friday @ 12:30pm (CST), you can hear a weekly challenge from me on Faith Music Radio.  My podcast is called Posted by Rebekah. You can listen online HERE or download the free app for your smartphone.  I would love for you to join us, listen and take the challenge!
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Here is today's podcast in blog post form. :)


The Bible says in Psalms 73:6, “Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.”  One of the sins that probably 100% of us listening to this need to work on is the sin of pride.

Pride is a sin that is so easily fallen into…and so dangerous to our life and relationships.  The Lord says that pride is like a chain around you…weighing you down.  There have been more times that I can count that I would want to remember and admit…that I have been the person in a relationship causing conflict because of my pride.  Pride is an ingredient in every quarrel.  The Bible says in Proverbs 13:10…”Only by pride cometh contention”.

Have you ever tried to win an argument…prove a point…be the victor in a fight…and when you can’t, you can’t let it go?  It hangs on you  - on your mind – on your spirit – and literally, it can weigh on your physical body.  It feels like a chain around you – hanging around your neck.  You try to walk around, living life, all the time feeling heavy.  Pride is compassing you about as a chain.

What is happening?  The Bible says in Proverbs 29:23…”A man’s pride shall bring him low”.  Pride will bring you to a place so low that eventually the Bible says, “Pride goeth before destruction and an haughty spirit before a fall.”  Pride can literally destroy us and all our relationships around us.

So how do we guard against pride and its destructive path?  We strive for humility.  The answer can be found in Philippians.  We are to esteem others better than ourselves.  It is humbling ourselves such as Christ did when He went to the cross.  When we put the Lord and others above our pride and selfish desires, we will find ourselves freed from the chain that encompasses our neck.

So today’s challenge is in what situation do you find that you are in that you should let go of your pride?  In what relationship do you need to humble yourself?  I have those areas I need to work on and I want to get rid of my chain of pride.  I hope that you do too.

Will you take the challenge?


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