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Summary: Pride is always a hinderance to spiritual growth…and often our pride takes us into places that we wouldn’t normally go and allows us to pretend to overlook the trash on the front porch of our life

Admitting You Need To Clean Your Porch

1 John 2:15-17

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

Pride is always a hinderance to spiritual growth…and often our pride takes us into places that we wouldn’t normally go and allows us to pretend to overlook the trash on the front porch of our life…it is this front porch that people see when they come to visit us as we walk around in our daily lives…we carry our lifestyle with us everywhere…

A young lady once went to Will Rogers for counseling and said, “Mr. Rogers, what can I do about pride? Every time I look in the mirror, I think I’m beautiful.” Will Rogers replied, “Honey, that’s not pride, that’s a mistake!”

10% of church members cannot be found?

20% of church members never attend church

25% admit that they never pray

35% admit that they do not read their Bibles

40% admit that they never contribute to the church? tithe or offering

60% never give to missions

70% never assume responsibility within the church

85% never invite anyone to church

95 % have never won anyone to Christ

BUT! 100% expect to go to heaven

We live in a society that believes that we deserve to go to heaven…that we are good enough to go to heaven…that there is nothing about us that is sinful enough to keep us from heaven…

Do you understand what your pride is doing to your life…

Watch this video and see if it hits home as all…

Video

Pride Allows The Trash To Pile Up

POUR TRASH CAN OUT ON TABLE

PICK UP PIECES UN WRAP AND TROW THEM BACK DOWN…PICK ONE AND PUT IN MY BACK POCKET THEN TAKE IT BACK OUT AND SHOW IT AS PRIDE…

1 John 2:15-17

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

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