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The Wrong God

The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think for yourself whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. ...


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Duty Should Not Bring Conceit

To do one's duty will make anyone conceited who only does it sometimes. Those who do it always would as soon think of being conceited of eating their ...


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Letting God Be God

Humility is facing the truth. It is useful to remind myself that the word itself comes from humus, earth, and in the end simply means that I allow myself ...


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An Example of Humility

In 1994 Thurman Thomas, head bowed with his hands covering his face, sat on the Buffalo bench following his team's fourth straight Super Bowl loss. ...


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Frustrated by the Law

Have you ever noticed that when you go to work for a company, during the orientation and training period they never tell you everything? There's always ...


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Accept Wise Counsel

I have heard often that it is safer to accept counsel than to give it. It can even happen that each one's opinion is good, but to be unwilling to ...


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Thanksgiving Casts Out Pride

To thank with all your heart is an art--an art which the Holy Spirit teaches. And you need not worry that the man who can really say "Deo gratias" ...


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Humility Can Lead to Pride

The more we make humility our aim, the more we're tempted to become proud of our motives.


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A Guard Against Pride

It is good that we at times endure opposition, and that we are evilly and untruly judged, when our actions and intentions are good. Often such experiences ...


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The Best of Both Worlds

The knowledge of God without that of our wretchedness creates pride. The knowledge of our wretchedness without that of God creates despair. The knowledge ...


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