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Synonyms: humiliation, mortification, chagrin, ignominy, loss of face, shamefacedness, embarrassment, indignity, abashment, discomfort, discomfiture, discomposure, guilt, remorse, contrition, compunction, disgrace, dishonour, discredit, degradation, disrepute, ill-repute, infamy, scandal, odium, opprobrium, obloquy, condemnation, contempt, pity, misfortune, crying shame, cause for regret, source of regret, sad thing, unfortunate thing, discredit to, disgrace to, stain on, blemish on, blot on, blot on the escutcheon of, slur on, reproach to, bad reflection on, bring into disrepute, degrade, debase, defame, stigmatize, taint, sully, tarnish, besmirch, stain, blacken, drag through the mud/mire, give a bad name to, put in a bad light, humiliate, mortify, make someone feel ashamed, embarrass, abash, chasten, humble, put someone in their place, take down a peg or two, cut down to size, show up

Antonyms: honor, pride, respect, glory, praise, dignity, honor, esteem, glorification, laud, compliment, regard, credit, elevate, acclaim, pleasure, favor, kudos, recognition, flatter, admiration, greatness, happiness, self-confidence, reverence

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1. The Pride Is Right

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... words, the most brilliant wisdom the world has to offer is just foolishness to an omniscient God. V.25 goes on to say, "Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men." You see, there are two things about human wisdom that make it a poor place to place your pride or your trust. First of all, human wisdom alone can never know God. V.21 of this same chapter says, "For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God." Prov. 1:7 says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge ...

2. Pride: The Deadliest of the Seven Deadly Sins

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... devoted husband, he was honest in all his business practices. He tithed his earnings to the church. Here was a man who was everything we want in being a faithful follower of God, a model of faith for our children and even us adults. But his heart was full of pride. He prayed, "God, I thank you that I am not like other people." A sign outside a church captures this scene: "If you look down on others, then how can you look up to God?" It is a contradiction. You see, if God wanted us to pat ourselves on the ...

3. Pride Is a Noxious Weed in the Garden of Life

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... . I could never do a thing like that.’” Every Sunday morning, well-educated, well-intentioned, hard working, moral people come to church without giving much thought to the fact that self-confidence and success make a near perfect soil for the noxious weed of pride to germinate, take root, and grow. The very moment we believe ourselves incapable of being tempted is the moment we are most vulnerable. Two people went up the temple to pray. The prayers of each were answered. The first told God how good he ...

4. Six Nails of the Cross I: The Nail of Pride

Mark 12:35-40

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... but it is one of the nails that punctured the flesh of Jesus and held him to the cross. The torture and pain inflicted upon Jesus by our thinking we are better than we are is barbaric. Jesus was stinging with his comments about the religious who survived on false pride. There were few who were not reached by his comparison of the Pharisee with the publican. "God be merciful to me, a sinner," is not only the insight of one man, but the key to salvation for us all. Any person who doesn't believe that he is in ...

5. From Pride to Humility

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... things or to himself who needs to prove all things? What has this tax collector got to do with this Pharisee's righteousness? What is he trying to prove? Is he trying to prove something to himself, trying to help himself out a little bit? It's that stuff that pride is made of, that inner need that we have again and again always to be in comparison with somebody else. “I'm better than," or “I'm worse than," or “I wish I could make up to…". You know what that's like. It lingers in the human soul. C ...

6. A Mother's Pride And Joy

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... is a drama of great intensity, great love, great change, great conflict and great challenge. This story begins with Hannah, in the 11th century B.C., praying to the Lord for a son. She was barren. In ancient times barrenness was a disgrace for a woman. A Mother's Pride And Joy As Hanna and her husband arrived at Shiloh for a religious pilgrimage to the place of worship, Hannah prayed. We pick up this prayer at verse one of chapter one of the book of 1 Samuel. She (Hannah) was in deep anguish and was crying ...

7. Body Parts and Pride

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... the parts were announced, she made sure to be at school to cheer up her son after what she strongly suspected was going to be a sad experience. To her surprise, the young man came out of the doors of the school with a big smile and bursting with pride. Before she could say a word, he announced, "I made it. I've been chosen to clap and cheer." Not all members in the church have the same function, and we must be very careful to value the functions of all members. One of the most important functions, perhaps ...

8. The Way Up Is Down!

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. — Romans 14:7-8 The praise song of pride is not "How Great Thou Art" but "How Great I Am!" God alone created us and anything good about us. At the end of the ... it for the advancement of his kingdom." In that spirit, we live mindful that whatever we have we have received from Christ. Nor does crushing pride mean that we are not to be ambitious about improving ourselves. Considering what it cost Christ to redeem us, we owe it to him ...

9. The Forgotten Virtue

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... the court of the Jews, and no matter how much a proselyte Gentile became devoted to the faith of Judaism, he could never step over that stumbling block into the court of the Jews, because he hadn’t been born a Jew. That was an exclusive distinction, a mark of pride. Pride is like the light that we have on the inside of our cars. When you turn on that light at night, it turns the windows into mirrors. The only thing you see is your own reflection - you can’t see where you’re going. You have to turn out ...

10. Dealing With The Dividing Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

James W. Moore

... point of clear: When we live under the spell of prejudice, we become something much less than what God meant us to be… and we need to be redeemed and converted… by the beautiful sacrificial love of Christ. Christ breaks down the dividing walls of pride… and the dividing walls of prejudice. III THIRD AND FINALLY, THERE IS VENGEANCE. Vengeance… the angry, bitter spirit that will not forgive, that nurses its wrath to keep it warm, that broods and festers and looks for a chance to get ‘em back… what ...

11. The Shared Life of the People of God, Part 2

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his cross daily, and follow me.” That is at the very heart of the Gospel. But that self-denial is not to be seen as self-depreciation, or any form of devaluating the self. We need to look carefully at Paul’s words. He’s warning us about a false pride. Look at verse 3 again: “For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” Every time I read that verse I think of a Banty Rooster. Now the right word for that is Bantam Rooster - I was shocked a few weeks ago when I ...

12. One Nation Under God

2 Chronicles 7:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... Justices hate only two words in the Pledge of Allegiance. First of all, they hate the word "under" because they don't want to be "under" anybody, and they hate the word "God" because they want God totally out of the picture. Just like those Justices, America reeks with pride, and the stench of our self sufficiency is a nauseating odor to the nostrils of a Holy God. We are too good to hang the Ten Commandments on the walls of our state houses. We are too wise to hang the Ten Commandments on the halls of our ...

13. Our Most Common Sin

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... attempt—and so on, through as many stages as you please. But don’t try this too long, for fear you awake his sense of humor and proportion in which case he will merely laugh at you and go to bed.” [1] Now, being aware of the danger of pride doesn’t mean that we don’t look at ourselves, that we don’t examine our consciences and confess our sins. That’s a very important part of praying. To scrutinize our life, to look at ourselves in relation to others, to look at ourselves in relation to God ...

14. When Losing Your Baggage Is a Good Thing

Hebrews 12:1-2

Sermon

James W. Moore

... shape of a man. “Wait, wait, wait,” God says to him. “You need to get your own dirt.” Everything we have comes from the gracious hand of God, so ingratitude is not a pretty picture. With the help of God, we need to lay aside – closed-mindedness, arrogant pride, ingratitude – these are three pieces of baggage we need to lose. We do not need them in our lives. But the only way we can lose them, the only way we can set them aside, is by looking to Jesus. He is our Hope, our Deliverer, our Saviour.

15. I Wonder about God’s Will for My Life

Romans 12:1-2

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... with a surrendered spirit. In Waiting for Godot, Vladimir asks Pozo: “Where are you going?” Pozo gives the Christian answer: “On.” As you think about God’s will for your life, God is asking: “Where are you going? Backwards with fear of change and pride or on to what I have always dreamed for your life?” What is your response? May we respond: “On as you make me new with every season’s change. On as you are creating me summer, winter, autumn, spring.” -Nichole Nordeman Amen. Series: The ...

16. Overcoming Self

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... way down from heaven to the depths of hell to bear the penalty of our misdeeds, he made complete expiation for our sins, and not only ours, but the sins of the world. When our life is influenced by Jesus’ humility, we no longer look out only for self and pride and vain glory. But we begin to look also at the interests of others. When a Christ-filled person prays, or sings, or gives money or time to God’s work, he does not check to see if the results will affect his own honor and recognition and glory ...

17. Jesus ... Who?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... melody that will surprise you. Proud! When a common, ordinary man reaches the heights, the people around him react in another way - pride. This was the way the people of Plains, Georgia, felt when Jimmy was elected to the presidency. They shared his success and ... was born in a log cabin; I was born in a manger." But, when you are proud of others, it is a good kind of pride. This was the pride the people of Plains and the Disciples had. We do have reason to be proud of Jesus. You and I can be proud of his ...

18. A Strategy For Status Seekers

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... passion for recognition so that it might be a force for the Kingdom of God. Thus in his own colorful way he was teaching his disciples some lessons about the nature of true greatness. IN THE FIRST PLACE HE WAS WARNING HIS DISCIPLES ABOUT THE DANGERS OF PRIDE. Nothing is more demeaning to a person than a lifetime spent tugging on other people’s sleeves shouting, "Look at me! Look at me! See how great I am!" It is said that the infamous criminal John Dillinger once ran into a farmhouse and repeatedly yelled ...

19. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... message. God is able to see potential in people that we often miss. So, on the one hand, He keeps us from pride over our religious inclination; on the other, He tells us that everyone of us is a building block for the kingdom. In ... line. Paul had a church where folks were not afraid to say, "I disagree." They were coming apart at the seams. First, he dealt with their pride, then their sense of inadequacy. What the Corinthians needed to see was that God is not interested in who we are, where we've been or ...

20. Be Careful What You Call Me

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... said: "Mulla, all the great rulers of the past had honorific titles with the name of God in them: there was, for instance, God-Gifted, and God-Accepted, and so on. How about some such name for me?" "God Forbid," said the holy man. (3) People are people. Pride is pride. At least we can laugh about it. Beware of the religious leader who cannot laugh at himself or herself. Samuel Silver is a rabbi with a great capacity to laugh at himself. He tells about a student who was asked on a quiz, "What are rabies and ...

21. Pop Verses: Jeremiah 29:11

Jeremiah 29:11

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... a lot of trouble. We get so filled with it that we are totally oblivious to where it is leading us. This is why it is impossible to live out God’s will when we are filled with pride. Pride makes us stubborn to God’s will or it selfishly attaches conditions to God’s will. It is almost comical. Our pride often causes us to bargain with God: “Yes, Lord I will forgive this person as long as he apologizes.” Or, “Yes, Lord, I will serve in the church as long as I get recognized for my efforts.” Is ...

22. Hooray for Humility!

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... girl, dressed in riding garb, rode it around the stadium. The horse’s tail was high, his head held high, he lifted his legs proudly as he trotted around the area to the applause of some 60,000 fans in attendance. It was a picture of majesty, glory, and pride. When the UT mascot left the field, the crowd then saw Army’s mascot - a mule! He was dressed in a drab army blanket. He plodded unwillingly about, and when they tried to move him off the playing field, he refused to budge. Finally they got him out ...

23. Humility You Can Be Proud Of

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... true humility. Truly humble people recognize that all of life is a gift and therefore are able to delight in even simple pleasures. But there is one more type of humility we need. WE NEED A HUMILITY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PUT OUR TRUST IN GOD. Here is where pride truly is our deadliest enemy. It causes us to put our trust in ourselves rather than God. John Claypool tells of a missionary who went out years ago to teach in a school in China. She had begun the whole venture with a deep sense of God's calling ...

24. A Broken Vessel for Jesus

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... may be stored and passed down to successive generations in wealth and power and prestige. It must go. There must be nothing standing between you and Jesus today, for there will be nothing that can stand between you and God tomorrow. God Wants Vessels Who Are Broken of Pride Mary is an example of total commitment. Not only did she break open her wealth and pour it on Jesus, she did so as an act of worship, and her worship became extravagant. It was not held in; it was complete. It would not have been proper ...

25. I Don’t Like My Options

2 Kings 5:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... leprosy being cured or healed. It is always cleansed. That is because leprosy is the biblical picture of sin. You see you don't need to be cured of sin or healed of sin; you need to be cleansed of sin. But Naaman had a problem. He was full of pride. When you read about him in verse 1 you will find out he was a four-star general in one of the most powerful armies in all the world. He was the Colin Powell of his day. He was highly respected by his people. His name was a key that ...

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