This is a nitro pill for those who feel overwhelmed. The cures for the condition are to reflect on and remember what God has already done, hear His lovingkindness, ask for His leading, and take refuge in Him by abiding in His Word. Psalm 143 VF-2169

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When we're walking around saying, why is this happening? Why do the wicked prosper and those who love the Lord suffer so much? Psalm 37 reminds us how to make it through the tough times. Our suffering doesn't go unnoticed. God sees, He knows, and He upholds those who love Him. Fourteen years of ministry and the wisdom of David in his old age show us that God takes care of His own. VF-2174 Psalm 37

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God appoints reoccurring seasons in the life of the believer. They are tied together in a set order to permanently heal us and bring us to completion in Christ. He kills our spiritual diseases (our wisdom, pride and self-righteousness) and then He heals; He tears down our idols and then builds up a sure foundation on Christ. He's with us when we weep and may even cause us to mourn our spiritual condition, but He turns our tears into an inner laughter and our mourning into dancing. VF-1867 Ecclesiastes 3:3-4

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The message begins with recounting the story of a congregant that you were trying help with his own personal issues. He essentially says that he thinks he is smarter than any of the staff and you. This message is a warning about intellectual pride. We are to be cautious to not get puffed up in our own knowledge to "be not wise in your own conceits." The antidote is to work out our salvation in fear and trembling, in humility, to walk humbly with God. It is God that gives us knowledge and wisdom. VF-1878 1 Corinthians 15:10 Romans 12:16

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The importance of surrendering yourself to God, rather than following your own "I thought" ideas, is highlighted in 2 Kings 5 in the various reactions of four figures: the maid who served Naaman's wife made a bold declaration of faith; the king of Israel thought highly of himself and assumed the worst; Naaman, full of pride, did not listen to instructions, but eventually submitted to God's way and God healed him; and Gehazi, Elisha's servant, disobeyed his master, taking payment that the prophet had refused, and received Naaman's leprosy as punishment. 2 Kings 5:1-27 VF-2078

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Even a little pride can be enough to prevent growth. Pride manifests itself as presumption before God, love of human praise, inability to say "I was wrong", and a spirit that appears to possess all knowledge. God's cure for this type of disease is to listen to the corrective Spirit, to have a proper view of God, and to not have resentment towards God for rooting out pride. VF-2081

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Paul prayed for God to take away the "thorn in the flesh" that was troubling him, a messenger of satan, yet God allowed the buffeting as a means of checking his pride. God knows what we are capable of, and He has a reason for allowing pain to afflict our flesh. God's promise is abundant grace to deal with the problem of pain and His strength when we run out of our own. VF-2187 2 Corinthians 12:1-18

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Contrary to man's traditional interpretations of the Beatitudes, they are not a list of works we can strive to do to make it into heaven: they are what God does in us. Christ methodically outlines the mindset and personality of the citizens of heaven who will inherit the future earth. They are those whose lifelong buffetings have emptied them of their pride and ego so they can be filled by God. These are the ones who will see God. VF-2224 Matthew 5:3-10

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