Monday, June 20, 2011

What's Up Peoples! Verse Time!

Hey! Anyway, how many of you like being praised? If I could see you all, I would say everyone is nodding or inwardly saying, "I like praise." Well, praise about yourself can't come from your mouth. Proverbs 27:2 says, "Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips." This verse is reminding us that we're not the center of the world. Don't going around talking to yourself in a mirror saying, "Well hello handsome/beautiful. Who's awesome? I am! Whoo-whoo!" Reason 1, that's just plain strange to talk to a mirror. It's also vain, and it's prideful. Don't go around saying, "I'm awesome!" Since, your not. Yes, I may have offended you, but listen. Compare yourself to a God who knows all, sees all, is everywhere, can do anything, and still loves you even though you sinned. Are you still awesome? Can you match what God can do? Job was talking in Job 40 and God reproved him. Job couldn't do anything. Neither can we. We have mo right to go around praising ourselves. Others can praise us for what we do, and we can praise them. Don't try praising yourself. You'll just become a self-centered snob who makes everything much more complicated than it needs to be. Pride can do tons of damage your logical thinking abilities. Trust me. You may do things that people think is praise worthy and they praise you for that, but don't force praise out of a person. That's basically praising yourself using someone else's voice. Be humble. Humility comes before honor while pride comes before a downfall.

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