The way we continually talk about our own inability is an insult to the Creator. The deploring of our own incompetence is a slander against God for having overlooked us. Get into the habit of examining in the sight of God the things that sound humble before men, and you will be amazed at how staggeringly impertinent they are. "Oh, I shouldn't like to say I am sanctified; I'm not a saint." Say that before God; and it means - "No, Lord, it is impossible for You to save and sanctify me; there are chances I have not had; so many imperfections in my brain and body; no, Lord, it isn't possible." That may sound wonderfully humble before men, but before God it is an attitude of defiance. By the grace of God I am what I am. -Oswarld C- Past Sunday's sermon was about one of the seven deadly sins pride. We are the generation likes to be independent and claims to be very independent people...even when we are not. For God, that is sin...us being prideful. Because when we truly acknowlege God's grace and goodness in our lives, we know that we were never independent...and never will.