Pride

Humbled. Honest. Lowly.

Pride is the one sin Scripture says God personally opposes: "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble" (James 4:6, KJV). Pride takes that warning seriously — and takes the promise just as seriously. Pride closes the door to grace. Humility opens it.

In fourteen plain-spoken chapters, Kimani Upshur, M.Ed., creator of the Made Simple Framework, traces pride from its first appearance to its final cure. It began in heaven with Lucifer's five "I wills," and it entered the world in Eden with the lie "ye shall be as gods." It brought down kings: Nebuchadnezzar, boasting over the Babylon he claimed to have built, ate grass like an animal until he learned that God is able to abase those who walk in pride; Haman built gallows for the man who would not bow to him and was hanged on them himself. Against every fall stands Jesus Christ, who made Himself of no reputation, took the form of a servant, and washed His disciples' feet — including the feet of His betrayer.

Then the book turns the mirror on the reader: five warning signs from Scripture that pride is hiding in your own heart, and the way out of it — confession, honoring others above yourself, and clothing yourself with humility while you trust God to lift you up in due time. Every chapter ends with one step to take that week, and the book closes with a prayer, straight answers to fourteen common questions about pride and humility, and a personal invitation to give your life to Jesus Christ.

Pride goeth before destruction — but humility goes before honor.

Humbled. Honest. Lowly.