Humility, C.J. Mahaney
Humility, C.J. Mahaney
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Humility
True Greatness

Author: C.J. Mahaney

Narrator: C.J. Mahaney

Unabridged: 3 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2009


Synopsis

Be Transformed by Christ’s Example “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” —1 Peter 5:5 A battle rages within every one of us every day. It’s the clash between our sense of stubborn self-sufficiency and God’s call to recognize that we’re really nothing without Him. It’s pride versus humility. And it’s a fight we can’t win without looking repeatedly to Christ and the cross. C. J. Mahaney raises a battle cry to daily, diligently, and deliberately weaken our greatest enemy (pride) and cultivate our greatest friend (humility). His thorough examination clarifies misconceptions, revealing the truth about why God detests pride and turns His active attention to the humble. Because pride is never passive, defeating it demands an intentional attack. The blessing that follows is God’s abundant favor“Given pride’s pervasive presence in my life, I come to this book in holy fear, yet inspired by God’s promises to be humble and sobered by his warnings to the proud (Isaiah 66:2b, 1 Peter 5:5b). Scripture reveals to us that, while pride was the first and most serious sin, God is decisively drawn to humility and is specifically supportive of the humble. Only Christ has fully obeyed Isaiah 66:2b (“This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word”), yet He did so as our representative! How marvelous that in our daily battle against pride we can rely on God’s grace, through the gospel, and thus bring honor and glory to God.” —C. J. Mahaney

Reviews

Goodreads review by KC on June 18, 2012

This book is a great resource that provides biblical and practical instruction and motivation on how to weaken pride and cultivate humility. I highly recommend this book as it is very timely and relevant to our prideful society. This was a much needed read for me, and it will continue to be a favore......more

Goodreads review by Dkovlak on May 15, 2016

This is a short but powerful book. We all battle with pride. We should read this book several times each year. He gives good practical tips on how to kill pride and become more humble. (For example, compare yourself to Christ. Compared to him you have to be humble.). He uses a lot of Bible verses and......more

Goodreads review by millie on March 11, 2022

most of my favorite parts were just direct quotations from john stott and john owen... also some applications were really stretching it in my opinion. like does getting a good night’s rest really help you kill pride and grow in humility? playing golf??? seriously???......more

Goodreads review by Kara on January 23, 2023

A simple & practical read that was extremely convicting & helpful. “Tell Him you want to declare war on pride in your life—that you want to declare war in this active, daily tendency toward self-sufficiency, this desire to live independently of Him when in truth we’re totally dependent on Him for ev......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on April 25, 2023

CJ Mahaney does a great job on this simple book on how we are to cultivate humility and mortify pride. It’s a great reminder to be humble in a culture that celebrates pride in a lot of areas. I enjoyed reading this book and I think every Christian should read it. It will convict you and you will gro......more