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<p>&quot;Walk <strong>humbly </strong>with your God.&quot; Micah 6:8<br />
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      <strong>Pride </strong>is one of our greatest evils!<br />
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      To indulge pride—is <strong>to nourish a serpent in the bosom!</strong><br />
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      The <em>grace </em>of God always <em>humbles </em>us; and it is only as we are sincerely humble—that we can be truly happy. <br />
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      God condescends to walk with the humble man—but He keeps the proud man at a distance. <br />
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      Consider . . .<br />
      what a vile sinner you were by nature, <br />
      what evil still lurks in your heart, <br />
      what you would have been--but for the grace of God<br />
      —and be humble.<br />
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      All you <em>have </em>which is truly good—is the gift of free grace! <br />
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      All you <em>do </em>that is good—is the effect of God's working in you!<br />
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        What then, do you have to be proud of?</strong><br />
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      What reason then, do you have to <em>boast?</em> <br />
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        Oh, lie low in the dust of self-abasement!</em><br />
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      Nourish humbling thoughts of yourself!<br />
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      Admire the mercy, condescension, and infinite compassion of God—in even <em>noticing</em> so vile, so unworthy a worm as yourself!<br />
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      Study the character and conduct of the <em>humble Jesus</em>—and endeavour to walk just as He walked. &quot;Learn from Me, for I am gentle and <em>humble</em> in heart.&quot; Matthew 11:29
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