PROVERBS 22:1 NOBLE CHARACTER: THE KEY TO TRUE SUCCESS HUMILITY

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1 PROVERBS 22:1 NOBLE CHARACTER: THE KEY TO TRUE SUCCESS HUMILITY

2 HUMILITY IS NOT THINKING LESS OF YOURSELF, IT S THINKING OF YOURSELF LESS. -C.S. LEWIS

3 DO YOU WISH TO RISE? BEGIN BY DESCENDING. YOU PLAN A TOWER THAT WILL PIERCE THE CLOUDS? LAY FIRST THE FOUNDATION OF HUMILITY. -ST. AUGUSTINE

4 DO YOU WISH TO RISE? BEGIN BY DESCENDING. YOU PLAN A TOWER THAT WILL PIERCE THE CLOUDS? LAY FIRST THE FOUNDATION OF HUMILITY. -ST. AUGUSTINE HUMILITY IS THE SOLID FOUNDATION OF ALL VIRTUES. -CONFUCIOUS

5 GREAT LEADERS DON T NEED TO ACT TOUGH. THEIR CONFIDENCE AND HUMILITY SERVE TO UNDERSCORE THEIR TOUGHNESS. -SIMON SINEK

6 HAVE THE HUMILITY TO LEARN FROM THOSE AROUND YOU. -JOHN C. MAXWELL

7 WE CAME NEAREST TO THE GREAT WHEN WE ARE GREAT IN HUMILITY. -RABINDRANATH TAGORE

8 POWER IS DANGEROUS UNLESS YOU HAVE HUMILITY. -RICHARD J. DALEY

9 SO MUCH OF HOW WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO IS BASED ON HUMILITY OR PRIDE--THAT S EVERYTHING... WE ARE MORE LIKE CHRIST, WHEN WE CAN HUMBLE OURSELVES. -TIM TEBOW

10 PRIDE MUST DIE IN YOU, OR NOTHING OF HEAVEN CAN LIVE IN YOU. -ANDREW MURRAY

11 I BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST TEST OF A GREAT MAN IS HIS HUMILITY. I DON T MEAN BY HUMILITY DOUBT OF HIS POWER. BUT REALLY GREAT MEN HAVE A CURIOUS FEELING THAT THE GREATNESS IS NOT OF THEM, BUT THROUGH THEM, AND THEY SEE SOMETHING DIVINE IN EVERY OTHER MAN AND ARE ENDLESSLY, FOOLISHLY, INCREDIBLY MERCIFUL. -JOHN RUSKIN

12 WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS IS MORE GENIUSES WITH HUMILITY; THERE ARE SO FEW OF US LEFT. -OSCAR LEVANT

13 I BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER. BUT ONE MORE POWERFUL THAN I WILL COME, THE THONGS OF WHOSE SANDALS I AM NOT WORTHY TO UNTIE. -JOHN THE BAPTIST

14 PROVERBS 22:1 NOBLE CHARACTER: THE KEY TO TRUE SUCCESS HUMILITY

15 PROVERBS 22:1 (NLT) Choose a good reputation (name) over great riches; being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold

16 COLOSSIANS 3:12 (NKJV) God has chosen you. You are holy and loved by Him. put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness

17 HUMILITY: LOW, MODEST OPINION OF ONESELF, DEEP SENSE OF ONE S MORAL LITTLENESS, LOWLINESS OF MIND

18 MEEKNESS: LOWLY, MILD, GENTLE, EXERCISING STRENGTH UNDER CONTROL, DEMONSTRATING POWER WITHOUT UNDUE HARSHNESS

19 WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MEEKNESS AND HUMILITY?

20 PSALM 25:9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

21 PSALM 37:11 But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.

22 PSALM 147:6A The Lord sustains the humble.

23 PSALM 149:4 For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.

24 PROVERBS 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

25 PROVERBS 22:4 The payoff for meekness and Fear-of-God is plenty and honor and a satisfying life.

26 DANIEL 10:12 since...you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.

27 A PERSON OF HUMILITY AND MEEKNESS IS: 1. WILLING TO ADMIT FAILURE AND NEED FOR HELP.

28 A PERSON OF HUMILITY AND MEEKNESS IS: 2. OPEN TO INSTRUCTION.

29 A PERSON OF HUMILITY AND MEEKNESS IS: 3. SECURE IN HIS OWN SKIN.

30 NEARLY ALL MEN CAN STAND ADVERSITY, BUT IF YOU WAIT TO TEST A MAN S CHARACTER, GIVE HIM POWER. -ABRAHAM LINCOLN

31 A PERSON OF HUMILITY AND MEEKNESS IS: 4. QUICK TO GIVE CREDIT TO GOD AND OTHERS.

32 PSALM 44:8 In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.

33 A PERSON OF HUMILITY AND MEEKNESS IS: 5. A SERVANT TO ALL.

34 MARK 10:43 ESV But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

35 MARK 10:44 ESV and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.

36 MARK 10:45 ESV For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

37 A GREAT MAN IS ALWAYS WILLING TO BE HUMBLE. - RALPH WALDO EMERSON

38 HOW CAN WE DEVELOP THE NOBLE CHARACTER OF HUMILITY? 1. BE CONNECTED RELATIONALLY TO JESUS CHRIST.

39 MATTHEW 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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41 HOW CAN WE DEVELOP THE NOBLE CHARACTER OF HUMILITY? 2. GIVE YOURSELF TO FASTING AND PRAYER.

42 EZRA 8:21...I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God

43 PSALM 35:13...I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting

44 A PRAYERLESS LIFE IS A PRIDEFUL LIFE.