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"She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said." Luke 10:39
"All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because,
"God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble."
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time." 1 Peter 5:5-6
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May, 2008 Volume 7
Issue 5
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Notes
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Humility is expressed by our actions. It is not just a state of mind.
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Jesus issued an invitation during a public prayer: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:25, 28-30)
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What specific things can you do “to sit at Jesus’ feet” and learn from him? What connection, if any, do you see between the quality of humility and Mary’s example of learning, worshipping, and serving?
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Abundance
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Jesus had a special relationship with a family from Bethany. We see him
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Exhortation
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In Jesus’ day there was little in the way of paved roads, and consequently the feet of the sandal-wearing populous would pick up the common grime of the roads as they walked through life.
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Book
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In the Preface to Respectable Sins, Jerry Bridges states that the target audience of this book are “the subtle sins” of Christian believers. He was motivated by “a growing conviction” that some “have become so preoccupied with some of the major sins of society around us that we have lost sight of the need to deal with our own more ‘refined’ or subtle sins.”
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