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“Never let your blessings make you proud”

Success, wealth, position, or opportunities should never make us feel superior to others. Everything we have is ultimately a gift from God.

Instead of allowing blessings to change our character, they should make us more grateful, generous, humble, and compassionate.

✅Life Lesson

True success is not only about what you achieve—it is about who you become while achieving it. Never look down on people because of your position or accomplishments.

Treat everyone with respect, whether they can benefit you or not.

The greatest test of a blessing is how you use it. If God lifts you up, remain humble and use your blessings to encourage, help, and uplift others.

📖Bible Verse

“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.” — James 4:10

This reminds us that humility should remain at the heart of our success. God can bless and elevate us, but we should never allow those blessings to make us forget where they came from.

❤️Takeaway: Stay humble when you rise. Be grateful for what God has given you, and let your blessings become a reason to bless others.

Sunday is for family, fellowship, and giving thanks! 🙏
See you all for our HBC Lurogan Family Sunday Joint Lunch. Bring your loved ones and a dish to share as we celebrate God’s greatness, glory, and goodness! 🍽️💒

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. — Romans 5:6-8

Many of us would be hypothetically willing to die for our friends or family. Would you be willing to sacrifice yourself for someone that you knew was evil? Someone that was working against you? Christ did exactly that. He sacrificed himself so that our sins could be purged. It was a decision based on love, an undying love for us that we do not deserve, but we have it. Cherish it.

Heavenly Father, I can never repay the debt that I have to You. I pray that I can be used as a vessel to carry Your teachings to others. Give me the strength and willingness to sacrifice my own life if it is in accordance with Your divine plan, and the foresight to understand where the plan shall take me. I pray this in the name of Your son, who died for our sins. Amen.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. — Isaiah 53:5-6

These verses in Isaiah are difficult to read. We are so lucky. Christ bore the sins of all of us. He carried the cross, laden with all of humanity's transgressions and iniquities. He did not deserve this fate! We were the ones that went astray, the ones that did not follow the instructions of our Lord and Shepherd. God is merciful, and we have a chance to be eternally grateful in heaven because of it.

I ask that You listen to my humble prayer, Abba Father. Help me to vanquish my demons, Lord, strengthening my faith with each day. I have wandered off the path of righteousness, sometimes losing the path completely. You have carried me when I refused to walk and always directed me back to the path through Your love. I want to be more like You and Your son, Jesus Christ, and it is with this prayer that I hope to pledge my life debt to His sacrifice. In His holy name I pray, Amen.

As Christians, we have been chosen by God to share His light with the world. Therefore, it is our duty to do it with mercy, kindness, humility, meekness (gentleness), and longsuffering (patience). It reminds me of 1 Colossians 13: 4-5: "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil." Now go and love the Lord and all people!

Gracious Lord, You are merciful, kind, humble, gentle, patient, and never think evil. I wish that I could say that I was the same, but as You know, merciful Father, I am weak and have trespassed against You and my fellow man. I ask Your forgiveness for my sins, and implore You to aid me in my path to righteousness. I shall devote my energy to committing acts of kindness and humility, and do them in honor of my service to You and Your son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

"You were never meant to carry tomorrow all at once."

August 20, 2026
Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)