{"id":7011,"date":"2021-02-28T11:49:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T01:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/?p=7011"},"modified":"2021-02-28T11:49:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T01:49:48","slug":"readings-be-humble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/readings-be-humble\/","title":{"rendered":"Readings: Be Humble"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Be Humble, or you’ll stumble<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

New Testament Passage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

But He answered and said, \u201cIt is not good to take the children\u2019s bread and throw it to the little dogs.\u201d And she said, \u201cYes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters\u2019 table.\u201d Then Jesus answered and said to her, \u201cO woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.\u201d And her daughter was healed from that very hour.<\/em> – Matthew 15:27-28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussion Questions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
  1. Using the passage as a guide, what are some differences between humility and self-depreciation? Hint: \u201cHumility is not thinking less of yourself, it\u2019s thinking of yourself less<\/em>\u201d – Clive Staples Lewis<\/li>
  2. “It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise Than for a man to hear the song of fools<\/em>.\u201d Eccl. 7:5 \u2013 What are some practical steps to receiving rebuke constructively? <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Old Testament Passage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThen David said to the Philistine, \u201cYou come\nto me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the\nname of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have\ndefied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you\nand take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp\nof the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth,\nthat all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all this\nassembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the\nbattle is the Lord\u2019s, and He will give you into our hands.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So the women\u00a0sang as they danced, and said: \u201cSaul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.\u201d Then Saul was very angry, and the saying\u00a0displeased him; and he said, \u201cThey have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed\u00a0only\u00a0thousands. Now\u00a0what\u00a0more can he have but\u00a0the kingdom?\u201d So Saul\u00a0eyed David from that day forward<\/em>.\u201d – 1 Samuel 17:45-47, 18:7-9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    1. Compare qualities displayed by David and Saul in the passage. What did David have that Saul lacked?<\/li>
    2. What are the consequences of not having humility?<\/li>
    3. It was once said that as soon as you start thinking you are humble, you have lost it. What practical steps then, can we take to grow and nurture the fruit of humility?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Be Humble, or you’ll stumble New Testament Passage But He answered and said, \u201cIt is not good to take the children\u2019s bread and throw it to the little dogs.\u201d And she said, \u201cYes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters\u2019 table.\u201d Then Jesus answered and said to her, … Continue reading “Readings: Be Humble”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[357,358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-small-groups","category-small-groups-small-groups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7013,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011\/revisions\/7013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}