The Lord will strengthen us as we humble ourselves before Him. James taught: "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble...Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up" (James 4:6, 10).
December 27, 2013
December: Remember: Humility
"To be humble is to recognize gratefully our dependence on the Lord - to understand that we have constant need for His support. Humility is an acknowledgment that our talents and abilities are gifts from God. It is not a sign of weakness, timidity, or fear; it is an indication that we know where our true strength lies. We can be both humble and fearless. We can be both humble and courageous" (lds.org).
The Lord will strengthen us as we humble ourselves before Him. James taught: "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble...Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up" (James 4:6, 10).
The Lord will strengthen us as we humble ourselves before Him. James taught: "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble...Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up" (James 4:6, 10).
December 19, 2013
December: Follow: Humility
In the October 2004 issue of the Ensign magazine, the visiting teaching message was titled, "Feeling the Love of the Lord through Humility." We invite you to read this message and apply it's teachings into your life this month. December is such a busy time, and it can be difficult to find the time to focus our thoughts towards the Savior and His sacred birth. It takes humility to recognize that we need to step back from the commercialism of Christmas and turn towards the Savior. Click on the image below for a link to the message:
This mormon message teaches the Spirit that will come into our lives as we soften our hearts in humility and gratitude for the gift of the Savior.
December 4, 2013
December: Learn: Humility
Humility is one of the crowning characteristics of our Savior Jesus Christ. From His desire to be our Savior in the pre-mortal world and give the Glory to His Father, to his humble birth in a manger in Bethlehem, throughout His mortal ministry as He spent much of His time with the meek, poor, and lowly, to His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and His ultimate Atoning Sacrifice, He surely exemplified what it means to be humble.
To be humble means to be teachable, willing to submit, to be meek. It means to be confident, while at the same time you recognize the need for the Savior in your life. Humility does not mean that we think less of ourselves, but that we think about ourselves less and reach out to others.
Pride is the opposite of humility and is manifest in many ways. Faultfinding, gossiping, murmuring, living beyond our means, envying, coveting, withholding gratitude and praise that might lift another are all forms of pride. Disobedience, selfishness, and contention are also fruits of pride. It takes a conscious effort to develop humility in our lives. President Hinckley gives suggestions on how we can choose to be humble:
In Mosiah 3:19 we read, "For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father."
To be humble means to be teachable, willing to submit, to be meek. It means to be confident, while at the same time you recognize the need for the Savior in your life. Humility does not mean that we think less of ourselves, but that we think about ourselves less and reach out to others.
Pride is the opposite of humility and is manifest in many ways. Faultfinding, gossiping, murmuring, living beyond our means, envying, coveting, withholding gratitude and praise that might lift another are all forms of pride. Disobedience, selfishness, and contention are also fruits of pride. It takes a conscious effort to develop humility in our lives. President Hinckley gives suggestions on how we can choose to be humble:
In Mosiah 3:19 we read, "For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father."
November 30, 2013
November: Remember: Gratitude
"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations." (Psalms 100: 1-5)
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