Pride is often the true reason why we get our feelings hurt, why we feel rejection, why we wont admit to mistakes, why we want to be seen with certain people, and why we stay angry.
Jesus gives us the perfect example of a powerful life lived without conceit, smugness, or arrogance. So why do we not want to admit to our pride? It is because of our pride!
In The Power of Humility, R.T. Kendall challenges us to look deeply into our hearts and motives to recognize the pride and self-righteousness there. Using personal stories and enlightening examples from the Bible, he demonstrates how pride interferes with a close relationship with God and reveals how to overcome pride and become more like Jesus.
Table of Contents
Foreword by John Paul Jackson
Preface
Introduction: Pride the Sin No One Admits to
Chapter 1: Taking Ourselves Too Seriously
Chapter 2: Is Pride Always a Bad Thing?
Chapter 3: The High Cost of Pride
Chapter 4: Forfeiting Wisdom
Chapter 5: Modesty
Chapter 6: When the Anointing Lifts
Chapter 7: Self-Righteousness
Chapter 8: Self-Pity
Chapter 9: Hypocrisy
Chapter 10: Climbing Up, Climbing Down
Chapter 11: Choosing Your Friends
Chapter 12: How to Become Yesterdays Man
Chapter 13: Prophetic Pride
Chapter 14: Hypocritical Humility
Chapter 15: Boasting
Chapter 16: Judging and Being Judged
Chapter 17: The Gospel
Chapter 18: Overcoming Pride
Conclusion
Notes
Endorsements
Pride comes in so many different boxes. As you read this book, youll probably unwrap several boxes of where pride has been hidden in your life. This is what I have found. Another thing I have found is that there is good pride and bad pride, and that helped me with some identities in my own life. This book will bless you in unique ways and set you free.
Dr. Marilyn Hickey, President, Marilyn Hickey Ministries
About the Author
R.T. Kendall was the pastor of Westminister Chapel in London, England, for twenty-five years. Born in Ashland, Kentucky, he was educated at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Oxford University He is well known internationally as a speaker and teacher. Dr. Kendall is the author of more than forty-five books, including Total Forgiveness, The Sensitivity of the Spirit, The Thorn in the Flesh, Grace, Pure Joy, Imitating Christ, and The Anointing: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.