Quotes about Humility

JESUS WASHES OUR FEET FOR TWO REASONS. The first is to give us mercy; the second is to give us a message, and that message is simply this: Jesus offers unconditional grace; we are to offer unconditional grace.

If so, don't pretend nothing is wrong. Don't pretend you don't fall. Don't try to get back in the game. Go first to God. The first step after a stumble must be in the direction of the cross. "If we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away" (1 John 1:9 CEV).

Worship is when you're aware that what you've been given is far greater than what you can give. Worship is the awareness that were it not for his touch, you'd still be hobbling and hurting, bitter and broken. Worship is the half-glazed expression on the parched face of a desert pilgrim as he discovers that the oasis is not a mirage.

How we treat others is how we treat Jesus.

Truth is, we don't get grace. But it sure can get us.

His life was one of simplicity and deprivation.

with this lesson: God hates pride. God resists the proud because the proud resist God. The heart of pride never confesses, never repents, never asks for forgiveness. Pride is the hidden reef that shipwrecks

How would you have responded if Jesus, knowing everything about you, knelt before you to wash your feet?

And at the supper, Jesus is not the served but the servant. It was Jesus who, during the supper, put on the garb of a servant and washed the disciples' feet (John 13:5).

Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you" (John 13:14—15).

Grace is a God who stoops.

Do art critics give awards to the canvas? Is there a Pulitzer for ink? Can you imagine a scalpel growing smug after a successful heart transplant? Of course not. They are only tools, so they get no credit for the accomplishments. And the message of the Twenty-third Psalm is that we have nothing to be proud about either.