Pride Prevents Revival Series

Pride Prevents Revival. Pride is as much as a problem in the Church of Jesus Christ as it is outside the Church of Jesus Christ. Pride is a plague that rears its ugly head all over the place. It may be because of pride that we are not asking for revival. It may be because of pride that we are not experiencing revival. Pride plagues us all at times! Sometimes pride is not as easy to detect especially in the lives of those who say they love and have been saved by Jesus. In ministry pride is a dangerous thing. Sermons can be motivated by the accolades I receive from you. Leading worship become more about personal performance rather than humble worship when pride is in the mix. Pride gets frustrated at the lack of maturity in others and rather than encouraging them in their walk with Jesus as we should you come to my office and talk about “those people!” as if they are some sort of second class citizens of the Kingdom of God. Pride in the life of a Christian reveals itself in situations where when you do not get your way, you “take your ball and go home” (give up and leave) or you question the salvation of others because they are not on the same page as you. I have worked with people like this and one of the hardest things to accomplish is to lead the proud to see that the common denominator in nearly all of their problems, especially relational problems, is them!

How Do I Know If Pride Is An Issue For Me? If you would like to consider something that can offer up to you a report on your spiritual health then I would suggest that you consider your worship. In our opening message of this series we saw a woman who was passionately determined in her worship of Jesus as she offered up to Him everything that she has and was in response to His love and grace. What about you? In our passage today we saw that Naaman returned as one who was passionately determined to worship the One, True and Living God. How about you? Are you passionate and determined in worshipping Jesus with the song? Are you passionate and determined in worshipping Jesus with your obedience? Are you passionate and determined in worshipping Jesus with your finances?