GETTING REAL ABOUT OURSELVES

“The toughest person to lead is always yourself” - John Maxwell

FOUR THINGS IN US THAT WORK AGAINST OUR RELATIONSHIPS:

1. THE BRICKS AROUND OUR HEART.

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as WE are." - Anias Nin

Hebrews 12:15 (CSB)

Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.

2. NEGATIVE SELF-TALK

Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

3. LACK OF SELFLESSNESS

1 John 3:16 (NIV)

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

Luke 9:23 (NIV)

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

4. A LACK OF REPENTANCE (PRIDE)

Proverbs 16:18 (NIV)

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

James 4:6 (NIV)

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 

“God opposes the proud 

but shows favor to the humble.”

Psalm 10:4 (NIV)

In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; 

in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

Galatians 5:15 (NIV)

If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

The answer and the antidote for pride is REPENTANCE.