Jun. 14, 2026

“Be Humble”

“Be Humble”
Romans 12:3
Central Idea: The renewed mind is a humble mind.
Review:
• Live for God — 12:1 — be a ___________ sacrifice
• How to live for God — 12:2
• “Do not be conformed to this world” — Play-Doh
• “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind”
• Change the way you see life; see life from God’s _____________
• We receive God’s perspective from the __________.
I. Paul’s opening truths (12:3)
A. Starts with _________
• “For through the grace given to me”
The grace that allowed him to be an __________: Rom 15:15-16
Paul being _______________: arrogant - overvalued himself
B. The problem is _________________
• “I say to everyone among you”
No ________________ — It's true of all of us.
II. How we view ourselves
A. Don’t ________________ yourself
• “think more highly”
• _______ or _______ + ________ = to be haughty
In the context: Don’t think — “This church couldn’t get along
______________ me.”
Caution — The opposite of overvalue is not ________________.
The second error to avoid is _________ humility.
B. Do __________ value yourself (3b)
• “sound judgment”: to be able to reason & think properly; in a
_______ manner.
• A __________ mind is not given to pride or false humility, but
is thinking rightly about who we are & what God has done.
C. Faith (3c)
• not ____________ faith, but the faith related to the spiritual
gifts God has given to us.
Applications:
1. Pride is a ________________ attitude.
• ______________ no good comes from pride.
• 1 Peter 5:5
• I want to be the __________ recipient of the graces of God in
my life.
• I don’t want _____________ to do with God opposing me.
2. Focus more on __________ and less on _______.
3. We stay humble through God’s _______ & __________.
• Word of God in my life - keeps _______________ me of who God
is and who I am.
• Prayer is always an act of _____________.
• I pray to _______ who is greater than I am.
• I pray to ________ & _________ God who is greater than I am.
• I pray ______________ God who is greater than I am.
• I pray ______________ sin to God who is greater than I am.
• I pray seeking _________ from God who He is greater than I am.