1 Corinthians 13:1-3:
1If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.
This is a great verse, one that really did not mean that much to me until I read Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. I had never thought about it but how true is it that as we over come sin, or as we do what we know is the right thing, pride slips in. And the point that C. S. Lewis makes is that any sin that we over come and as a result let pride slip in, or any great good deed we do but as a result let pride slip in… the devil has won. For he will trade any one of our sins for the chance to make us prideful. Pride can be one of the most damaging sins and one of the hardest for us to see and over come on our own.
Also see James 3:13-16
Amen, I really see this in my own life which always brings me back to just how much of sinner I really am and therefore just how merciful and gracious God really is and it makes me fall more in love with Him! You need to write more often and you never answered my question, “What is leadership?”