A strong willed young child screams, beats and kicks the floor. She takes the gifts she was given for her birthday and throws them against the walls. She thrashes and storms around until all her energy is spent. She finally falls asleep in her exhaustion. When she wakes feels the loss of the things she loved.
Self-righteousness, pride, and an unbroken heart all work together to create a personal hell that no one wants to live in. This personal hell is then passed from parent to child.
The spirit of death is a contagious virus. The only cure is a broken heart full of painful repentance. Seek the cure before others are infected.
- 1 John 1:5-6 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth
- Proverbs 30:12 There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
- Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?
- Zephaniah 3:11 In that day you will feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My holy mountain.
- Psalm.51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise
- Proverbs 15:33b Before honor is humility
- James 4:10Humble yourselves…and He shall lift you up
- 1Peteter 5:6 Humble yourselves… that He may exalt you in due time