HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE THE LORD

2 Chronicles 7:141
Your prayer life demonstrates the level of your humility. To pray to God and seek his face is to show that you understand that you absolutely need God. That is humility.

John 5:19a, 30a
Jesus understood clearly that he could do nothing without God. If Jesus needed the Father in order to succeed, who are we to think that we can do well without totally depending on God.

John 15:5
Sometimes we feel, "I've not been praying much but I have still accomplished something." Jesus says that without God we can do nothing at all - and the humble person understands and accepts this.

Hebrews 5:7
Jesus knew that he could not save himself, but that instead he needed the Father, and that is why he prayed to God daily, passionately and intensely.

The humble:
-Husband knows that by himself he cannot lead his family or meet his wife's needs…
-Wife knows that by herself she cannot support her husband or be a great helper…
-Parent knows that by himself/herself, he/she cannot raise her children to be godly…
-Single knows that by himself/herself he/she cannot attain or maintain purity, godliness and spiritual maturity…
-Leader knows that by himself/herself he/she cannot provide the godly guidance, loving leadership or mature mentoring that will help others grow spiritually and make it to heaven…
-Disciple knows that by himself/herself he/she cannot grow spiritually, lead others to Christ, effectively disciple others, obtain the desires of his/her heart, meet personal contribution and other goals, etc.…
… and that is why he/she prays to God daily, passionately, specifically and intensely.

Q. How is your prayer life? Do you pray daily, passionately, specifically and intensely?
Q. Do you have a prayer life that shows great humility and dependence on God or one that reflects a reliance on yourself?

The great thing is that we can all be humble and prayerful and experience the wonderful working of God's hand on our lives in many mighty ways. This is what we learn from the rest of the passage that we read at the beginning of this lesson -

2 Chronicles 7:14-16
As you humbly pray and seek God's face:
-He will forgive your sins.
-His eyes will be open to you.
-His ears will be attentive to your prayers.
-His Name will rest with you.
-His eyes and heart will be with you.

So, with a dependence on God shown by a truly spiritual prayer life, "Humble [yourself] before the Lord, and he will lift you up." James 4:10

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