Devotionals about Humility & Character
Character is what's left when the applause stops, and humility is the soil where it grows. These devotionals on humility and character are plain-spoken messages about becoming the kind of person God can trust when no one is watching.
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279 devotionals in Humility & Character
- Gratitude
From Complaining to Gratitude: Transforming Our Words
I want to wrap up this discussion surrounding what comes out of our mouths with the idea of complaining. I’m guilty as charged and no matter how much I try to stop it, I still fail. Good news is God has been working on me and he’s given me an “out” and I’m getting better. Let me elaborate on what...
- Judgment
WWJD: The Difference Between Judging and Witnessing
So, it seems We’ve made our way back around to a topic we discussed a few years ago. So I went back and found this for a nostalgic way to close out the week. Y’all remember the trend many years ago that we all wore in our arms and stuck bumper stickers on our cars that said, “WWJD”? (What would J...
- Humility
Battling Pride, Lust, and Entitlement
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”Philippians 2:3 ESVSo, we all have to deal with pride, lust and entitlement to some degree. Some more in one area than others. But to be able to deal with the weak areas of our life we nee...
- Integrity
Walking in Integrity: Living God's Higher Standard
“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.”Proverbs 10:9 In today's world of sports, it seems that anything done for an advantage is fair game—as long as you don't get caught.As Christians, however, we are held to a higher standard. Our goal s...
- Reputation
A Good Name Over Great Riches
How’s your reputation?“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.”Proverbs 22:1 A bad reputation has a ruthless way of catching up to you. And it doesn’t matter if you have a great family, if you are in good health, or if you are flush with cash...
- Gods Sovereignty
This Isn't My World: Finding Peace in God's Control
You know, it’s tough when things don’t go the way we think they will. All of us struggle every day to try to get control of our environments. We try to build financial wealth so that we won't suffer need. We try to take care of our health so we don't feel pain or suffer illness. We try to manage...
- Pride
Pride Goes Before the Fall
The Bible tells us that the devil lost everything he had because arrogance took roots in his heart.How many times have we watched this play out in the lives of famous athletes, celebrities and even people we’ve know in our open lives?We need to be careful with our thoughts. Some of them are proud...
- Giving
Give in Secret
Let’s continue down this journey of what lies in our heart that is behind our actions. Yesterday we talked about having to lofty opinion our ourselves and how that aligns with God’s views of our actions. Today, I’d like to take this a little further and talk about how we give and why. We live in...
- Humility
Two Ways to Learn Humility: The Hard Way or the Worse Way
I think at some level we all struggle with pride and have a hard time with humility. I know I do, at certain times more than others. How do you grow in humility? I know of two ways. One of them is hard and the other one sucks. The first and hard one, is to value humility so much that you develop...
- Identity In Christ
Your True Identity: Adopted Child of God
Ask yourself this, what is your identity? People mostly answer that question with a title. I’m a mom. I’m a dad. A golfer, racer, vegan, cross fitter, husband or wife...whatever. But that’s not necessarily your identity. It’s regarding the world but what about your identity in Christ? Well, you’r...
- Life Without Jesus
Life Without Jesus: A Foundation of Gratitude
What would your life look like without Jesus? I don’t know if you think about that, but I think about it often. I cringe at the thought of what my life would be without Jesus. I’m sure my heart would be cold because I felt it headed that way when I met Christ. I’d probably be pretty lonely. I may...
- Godly Counsel
The Wisdom of Godly Counsel
As I’ve grown older and I hope wiser, I’ve learned quite a few things that I couldn’t have accepted when I was younger and more stupid. One of the most glaringly things, obvious to me now, is I could never have gotten where I am today both professionally and personally without the help and counse...
- Pride
When Hate Is Pride Leaving the Body
This has been an emotional roller coaster week for me and I’ve had plenty to think about…the reality of life for one, so it got me thinking. How often do you find yourself hating on things? Oh, I do all the time. I hate this traffic, I hate all this rain, I hate this time of year where I make 37...
- Truth And Grace
Finding Balance Between Truth and Grace
So I’ve been reading a little and diving into the idea of Truth and Grace as it pertains to us and how we may identify with one or the other. Let me explain. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and trut...
- Patience
Learning Patience Under Pressure
A simple thought to start your week…We live in a world that is going by so fast that finding patience is becoming a lost art. However, one of the best ways to be patient is to carry on with life, knowing God is in control...not you. I will say it one more time, “God is in control, not you.” “Not...
- Patience
Finding God's Voice in Your Circumstances
Let keep talking about listening to God and looking for his answers. “for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”James 1:3-4 Look, I think it’s pretty evident that God sp...
- Trust
Building Trust Through Dependability
It’s been a busy week already and it’s only Thursday and I had a good conversation spring up from our morning chats. One of which came up this week about trust. It came up in the context of one of you said, “I can count on and trust you sending the morning devotional.” I’ve had folks tell me this...
- Judgment
Slow to Judge, Quick to Understand
“A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.”Proverbs 18:2 How quick do you judge others? How often do you feel misunderstood? I will be honest, I’m guilty of both. Look, no one likes to be misunderstood, yet we often make faulty judgments of people and situatio...
- Self Control
Self-Control: Building Walls of Spiritual Strength
“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”Proverbs 25:28 ESVI stumbled across this Proverb and I just had to take pause to think about it, so let’s discuss it. So God gave us free will to do what we want to do. We can eat unhealthy, smoke, drink excessively or...
- Patience
Learning Patience: A Journey of Self-Discovery
I have been forced to learn a lot about myself the last three years and one of the things I’ve learned is I need to get better with patience. Not only with life but mostly with people. I always thought I was a relatively patient person until I started trying to really learn what it meant to be pa...
- Humility
True Heroes: The Power of Humility
These last few years have been somewhat disappointing but at the same time gratifying. You see, somewhere in the crazy journey of mine to grow my relationship with Christ, I think I’m beginning to learn what humility all means. For years I set my sights on accomplishing things that defined “who”...
- Pride
Naming Our Struggles: Pride, Lust, and Entitlement
So we all have to deal with pride, lust and entitlement to some degree. Some more in one area than others. But to be able to deal with the weak areas of our life we need to be able to name it. For me, it’s mostly pride. But keep in mind, we are only as strong as we are honest. “Do nothing from se...
- Perseverance
Grinding It Out: How Perseverance Builds Character
Grinding it out and persevering builds character. Plain and simple. Something about endurance has the incredible capacity to refine you. I guess it’s kind of like a fire for silver, removing impurities and strengthening the character. Often because endurance goes hand-in-hand with trials and tria...
- Patience
Waiting on God's Perfect Timing
How are we doing waiting on God’s Plan for us? I ask because I’ve been a bit “all over the place” lately wanting to be done with treatments but knowing they’re going to be indefinite…it’s frustrating, but I have to relax and wait. “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wa...
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