1. OVERCOMERS: WINNING LIFE’S BATTLES Overcoming Pride
Rev. Robert J. Smith
Pastor
Colonial Hills Baptist Church

2. James 4:6-10
6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

3. I am a great man.

4. The Cause of Conflict
10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. Proverbs 13:10 (KJV)

5. Ego
Edging
God
Out

6. Saving Grace
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:8 (KJV)

7. great grace was upon them all. Acts 4:33 (KJV)
Empowering Grace
great grace was upon them all. Acts 4:33 (KJV)

8. Equipping Grace
6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Romans 12:6 (KJV)

9. 7Submit yourselves therefore to God.
We must submit to God
7Submit yourselves therefore to God.

10. We must submit to God
1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1 (KJV)

11. We must submit to God
14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. John 15:14 (KJV)

12. We must resist the devil
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

13. We must resist the devil
27Neither give place to the devil. Ephesians 4:27 (KJV)

14. We must resist the devil
11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 (KJV)

15. We must resist the devil
17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Ephesians 6:17 (KJV)

16. We must resist the devil
4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4 (KJV)

17. 8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
We must draw nigh to God
8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

18. We must draw nigh to God
23And he said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Luke 9:23 (KJV)

19. We must draw nigh to God
20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (KJV)

20. We must draw nigh to God
10That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Philippians 3:10 (KJV)

21. We must ask for forgiveness
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

22. We must ask for forgiveness
7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7 (KJV)

23. We must ask for forgiveness
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 (KJV)

24. “Many wishing to be great have failed to be good.”
Conclusion
“Many wishing to be great have failed to be good.”
Charles Spurgeon