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<p><strong>&quot;I hate pride and arrogance!&quot;</strong> Proverbs 8:13<br />
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  Our hearts are desperately proud.<br />
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  If there is one sin which God hates more than <br />
  another, and more sets Himself against, it is <br />
  the sin of <strong>pride</strong>. <br />
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  <strong>Like a weed upon a dung-heap</strong>, pride grows<br />
  more profusely in some soils, especially when <br />
  well fertilized by . . .<br />
  rank,<br />
  riches,<br />
  praise,<br />
  flattery,<br />
  our own ignorance,<br />
  and the ignorance of others.<br />
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  We all inherit pride from our fallen ancestor <br />
  <strong>Adam</strong>, who got it from <strong>Satan</strong>, that &quot;king over <br />
  all the children of pride.&quot; <br />
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  Those, perhaps, who think they possess the <br />
  least pride, and view themselves with wonderful <br />
  self-admiration as the humblest of mortals, may <br />
  have more pride than those who feel and confess <br />
  it. It may only be more deeply hidden in the dark <br />
  recesses of their carnal mind. <br />
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  As God then sees all hearts, and knows every <br />
  movement of pride, whether we see it or not, <br />
  <strong>His purpose is to humble us!</strong><br />
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  When I look back upon my life, and see . . .<br />
  all my <strong>sins</strong>,<br />
  all my <strong>follies</strong>,<br />
  all my <strong>slips</strong>,<br />
  all my <strong>falls</strong>, <br />
  my conscience testifies of the many things <br />
  I have thought, said, and done, which . . .<br />
  grieve my soul,<br />
  make me hang my head before God,<br />
  put my mouth in the dust, and<br />
  confess my sins unto Him.<br />
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  When I contrast my own exceeding <br />
  sinfulness with . . .<br />
  God's greatness,<br />
  God's majesty,<br />
  God's holiness, and<br />
  God's purity . . .<br />
  I fall down, humbly and meekly before Him,<br />
  I put my mouth in the dust,<br />
  I acknowledge I am vile.<br />
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  &quot;I am nothing but dust and ashes.&quot; (Abraham)<br />
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  &quot;Behold, I am vile!&quot; (Job)<br />
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  &quot;Woe to me! I am ruined!&quot; (Isaiah)<br />
  <br />
  &quot;I am a sinful man!&quot; (Peter)
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