Humility is conquering pride!

What is pride?• Showing off who you are and what you

have• Belief in self/misplaced confidence• Exalting self or one’s attributes or

achievement. Its self-advertisement• Thinking you are indispensable• Trying to prove a point!

Pride vs Humility

Pride comes before a fall! (Proverbs 16:18)

Humility is learning to swallow your pride regularly (Its non-fattening!)

Humility is…• Acknowledging dependence on and

need for God • Having a realistic view of self and one’s

own • Meekness, modesty, power under control• Holding others in high esteem

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. St Augustine

Humility to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors, nobleness! – Benjamin Franklin

Philippians 2: 1-111. Other-centered (v3, 4)2. Serve those below you (v. 6-8)3. Obey (v 8)

The Way Up is Down!

Week of Humility

Do an act of service at home and at work to someone ranked lower than you.