Therefore
humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the
proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for
you.
“Assuredly, I say to you,
unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means
enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little
child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one little
child like this in My name receives Me
Lord, my heart is not proud; my
eyes are not haughty. I do not get involved with things too great or too difficult for me. Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself like a little weaned child with its
mother; i am like a little child.
Israel, put your hope in the Lord, both now and forever.
What does a humble heart
look like?
Make your own attitude that of
Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with
God as something to be used for His own advantage.
Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the
likeness of men.
And when He had come as a man in His external form, He humbled Himself by
becoming obedient to the point of death — even to death on a cross.
For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above
every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow — of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the
earth — and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
1 Peter 5; Psalms 131; Matthew 18; Phillipians 2
Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men.
And when He had come as a man in His external form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death — even to death on a cross.
For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow — of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth — and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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