Oct 20 2026 … Pride Falls

Oct 20 2026 …  Pride Falls 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …   and PLEASE take the time to listen to a Southern Gospel Anthem singing … Pride Comes Before Destruction … calling on all Christians to beware of our pride leading us to our destruction.

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Highlight Passage: … Ezekiel 26:5-6  [NLT]

…   5 It will be just a rock in the sea, a place for fishermen to spread their nets, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign Lord. Tyre will become the prey of many nations, 6 and its mainland villages will be destroyed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.  

… God, thru Ezekiel, warns of the city of Tyre’s destruction from the sin of pride.    

Reference Passage: …  Ezekiel 26:1-6, 17-18  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…  God, allowing Tyre to self-destruct thru their pride, shows that He is God.

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Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 16:5, 18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Solomon warns of God’s hatred of pride and how He honors and rewards the humble.

Reference Passage: …  Isaiah 14:12-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Prophet Isaiah describes how Satan fell from Heaven due to His prideful desire to be great like God.

Reference Passage: …  2Timothy 3:1-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                                         

…  The Apostle Paul teaches Timothy, and all Christians, what will happen in the last days when fallen mankind becomes pridefully obsessed by their sinful pride and selfishness.

Reference Passage: James 4:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… James, the brother of Jesus, quotes from Proverbs 3:34 where Solomon warns believers to avoid pride and take the road of humility in life.

Reference Passage:  1Peter 5:5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter also quotes from Solomon in Proverbs 3:34, warning fellow Christians to avoid the fall that follows in taking the road of pride.

Reference Passage: …  1John 2:15-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John warns fellow Christians to avoid following the world’s prideful ways and choosing to humbly follow God’s road to eternal life.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Tim Gustafson …  USE THIS LINK   quoted from historian George Will, who wrote … “The study of history is, in large measure, the study of ruins,” … which, according to the ODB author is  “an apt testimony to our human inability to do things that last.” 

And if my readers will hear the rock anthem to Proverbs 16:18, linked above; …  and read/meditate the Scriptures shared above, I’m stopping to pray here that we all realize the God’s word cries out with warning to avoid our pride, which so often leads us to destruction.  I’ve certainly experienced and learned to do all I can to take the road of humility in my life.   What about you?   Which road will you will you be taking today?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank for  warning me to avoid taking the road of pride in my life.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for showing us how to follow You and to avoid taking our usual prideful ways, which will ALWAYS lead to a fall.  …  Amen

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