7 symptoms of a prideful heart
Fear
Entitlement
Ingratitude
People-pleasing
Prayerlessness
Hypocrisy
Rebellion
The hope is in Jesus Christ for the proud heart. Immanuel meaning God with us—condescended to live among us to die for us, and to raise us to new life in Him. He never committed any of these.
Philippians 2:4-6
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
I'm personally dealing with this sin in my life. I'm a recovering co- dependent.. it's a long work in progress.
It is indeed a quandary and we are mainly unaware how much pride we display. I tried to be silent with this, but it is out of Love I must offer some thoughts from Baha'u'llah.
"Take heed lest pride deter you from recognizing the Source of Revelation, lest the things of this world shut you out as by a veil from Him Who is the Creator of heaven."
Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 211
This happens to every Messenger, the very gifts from God that are without pride, are always rejected because of the pride we have attached to our own selves. Baha'u'llah offered a thought about those who reject jesus the Christ.
"Behold, how a mere shepherd was so carried away by the ecstasy of the words of God that he was able to gain admittance into the habitation of his Best-Beloved, and was united to Him Who is the Lord of Mankind, whilst they who prided themselves on their knowledge and wisdom strayed far from His path and remained deprived of His grace."
Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 83-84
We are all called to let go of our pride, why else would I post this, anticipating the response from past exchanges, it is naught but the Love of God that inspired me, it is my pride that I offer this to an audience that has often refuted this input.
"At every juncture We have restated Our theme, that all that hath been recorded in these verses may, by the leave of God, be made clear unto thee, and that thou mayest become independent of those who are plunged in the darkness of self and who tread the valley of arrogance and pride, and be of them that move within the paradise of everlasting life." Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 49
Oh God, what hast thou done!
Love to all. Regards Tony