{"id":266,"date":"2014-01-26T19:33:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T00:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amysmic\/?p=266"},"modified":"2019-10-14T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:39:41","slug":"defeat-pride-and-pursue-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"Defeating Pride and Pursuing Humility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are some &#8220;I wills&#8221; to defeating pride and pursuing humility. Can you say each one with confidence?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will remember that I am not God. He alone is self-existent and sovereign.<br \/>I will remember that I am a sinner by nature, depraved and flawed.<br \/>I will remember the horrors of Christ\u2019s crucifixion and reflect with gratitude on His purchasing me.<br \/>I will daily meditate on scriptures that speak truth to my need for humility.<br \/>I will pray for unveiled eyes as to who I really am and who He really is.<br \/>I will receive constructive criticism with a heart that is ready to learn and grow and possibly change.<br \/>I will put my sin of pride into specific words and repent and change going forward.<br \/>I will resist the desire for praise and glory. When it is given, I will quickly reflect it back to Christ.<br \/>I will call self-glory what it is, pray to recognize it instantly, and then seek His forgiveness.<br \/>I will surrender my will unto His perfect plan.<br \/>I will make my life an offering of praise to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some &#8220;I wills&#8221; to defeating pride and pursuing humility. Can you say each one with confidence? I will remember that I am not God. He alone is self-existent and sovereign.I will remember that I am a sinner by nature, depraved and flawed.I will remember the horrors of Christ\u2019s crucifixion and reflect with gratitude &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/?p=266\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Defeating Pride and Pursuing Humility&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":895,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amyandpatrickfata.com\/amyspen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}