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Choosing Humility Over Pride | Stronger Together · Divine515 Podcast

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  - What if prayer became more than something you
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  - do?
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  - What if it became the way you live?
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  - Life can be overwhelming.
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  - The pressures are real.
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  - The questions
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  - are constant.
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  - And sometimes,
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  - it feels like you're carrying more than you
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  - were ever meant to carry alone.
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  - The inner chamber was created for those who
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  - desire more than occasional inspiration.
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  - It's a community for believers who want to
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  - build a consistent prayer life,
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  - Inside the inner chamber, you'll find guided prayer
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  - You don't have to figure out your prayer
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  - journey alone.
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  - Come discover what happens when believers gather with
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  - one purpose,
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  - to know God
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  - more deeply and walk with him more closely.
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  - Visit divine515.com
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  - to learn more and become part of the
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  - inner chamber community.
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  - Prayer isn't simply something we do.
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  - It's how we walk with God every day.
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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello and welcome to divine five one five
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  - daily prayers with Valerie Rocha.
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  - Today's prayer challenge is how to deal
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  - with choosing humility
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  - over pride.
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  - Scripture text comes from Philippians two three
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  - and says, do nothing out of selfish ambition
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  - or vain conceit,
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  - rather in humility value others above yourself.
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  - Now.
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  - Pride often appears in subtle ways.
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  - We insist on being right.
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  - We struggle to apologize or expect others to
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  - change before we're willing to change ourselves.
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  - And one of the, the biggest things about
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  - it is
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  - that
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  - not only is that one of the biggest
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  - challenges that we, we can deal with,
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  - right. Just being a, a believer,
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  - But it can be hard to remember that
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  - that's what God has actually kicked out of
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  - the, out of the kingdom is being disobedient
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  - and,
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  - the enemy
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  - who wanted to be like God. Right? Because
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  - being
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  - God being himself is very beautiful and very
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  - very attractive,
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  - decided to he couldn't get to God, so
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  - he was gonna get to us. Right? And
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  - so one of the biggest challenges that we're
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  - faced with
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  - is how to stay
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  - humble.
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  - And let me tell y'all, it is not
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  - just an act.
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  - It's a
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  - mental and spiritual
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  - posture.
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  - And
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  - in order to get those prayers
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  - answered effectively,
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  - that's the first thing after repentance
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  - that you you gotta have. You gotta have
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  - the mindset of humility
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  - and realize that it's really not about us.
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  - It's all about God and and how we
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  - can help others.
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  - And one of the things that stands out
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  - right now regarding that is when the scripture
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  - talks about,
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  - our father who is in heaven, thy kingdom
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  - come, thy will be done.
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  - It's not about what God can do for
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  - us, although he does do a lot for
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  - us, but what we can do for him
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  - and do for others.
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  - And that's actually how we how we serve
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  - him effectively,
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  - by serving the needs of others.
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  - And pride will often keep us from doing
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  - that.
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  - Humility doesn't make us weak.
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  - It it really doesn't.
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  - In fact,
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  - I would say that
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  - it really not only makes you stronger,
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  - but it will bring you closer
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  - in your relationship with God.
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  - It makes us teachable and creates space for
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  - God to work in our relationships
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  - between
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  - him and you, between you and yourself,
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  - you and others, and you and nature.
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  - It's it's really a win win, but it
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  - does require some work and effort.
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  - So
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  - that being said, remember,
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  - with God, all things are possible.
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  - And if it's something that you're struggling with,
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  - lay it on the throne and don't pick
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  - it back up.
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  - And on that note,
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  - let's go to the throne together.
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  - What father
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  - remove any pride that keeps us from becoming
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  - more like Christ.
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  - Teach us to value others above ourselves and
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  - to respond with gentleness instead of defensiveness.
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  - Help us listen with understanding,
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  - speak with grace, and love without conditions.
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  - Shake our heart until humility
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  - becomes
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  - strength.
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  - And thank you for the example Jesus
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  - has given to us.
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  - And we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Amen.
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  - Today's kingdom invitation
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  - challenge
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  - is to ask God to help you choose
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  - humility
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  - in one conversation that you've been struggling with.
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  - If this was encouraging to you,
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  - share it
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  - and empower someone else.
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  - And until tomorrow, keep meeting God at the
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  - throne
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  - because the relationship
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  - matters.