6 Signs Pride May Be Winning in Your Life:

1. Correction makes you angry (Prov. 12:1)
2. Apologizing is difficult (James 5:16)
3. You crave recognition (Matt. 6:1)
You compare yourself with others (Gal. 6:4)
4. You notice others' sins before your own (Matt. 7:3-5)
5. You rarely ask for help (Prov. 11:2)

Pride is much easier to see in someone else.

Ask God to expose it in you.

WEEK 1 — Sowing & Patience (Sep 1–6)

1. September 1 (Tuesday)

Dear Daughter,
The farmer who sows in tears does not know yet if the field will answer. He plants anyway.

Whatever you have prayed into your marriage that hasn't sprouted yet — sow it again this September. Faith is agricultural, not instant.
Some harvests take a whole season to show themselves.
'Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy' (Ps 126:5).

What have you sown in your marriage that you haven't seen sprout yet?
#DearDaughter #StrongMarriage #HarvestOfTheHeart
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🌿 September: Growing in Christlike Character

New month, new focus — bearing the fruit of the Spirit and reflecting Jesus daily. Join @StudyBibleFam for weekly Bible quizzes that build faith and character.
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Sep 1 (Tue)

New month, new mercy! 🌅❤️ September opens — let your marriage step into it with fresh resolve to love on purpose! Lam 3:22-23 💪

What will you carry into this new month? #StrongMarriage #September

5 Questions to Ask Before You Call Something "Biblical":

1. Does Scripture actually teach it? (2 Tim. 3:16)
2. Am I reading the verse in context? (2 Tim. 2:15)
3. Does my interpretation fit the rest of Scripture? (Acts 17:11)
4. Am I importing my preferences into the text? (Prov. 18:2)
5. Am I willing to change my mind if Scripture corrects me? (Isa. 66:2)

Don't make the Bible agree with you. Submit yourself to what the Bible says.

I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.

- Charles Spurgeon

Four ways to represent Jesus in the comment section:

• Answer foolish insults with kindness
• Share biblical truth without arrogance
• Pray for those who mock your faith
• Point lost souls to the cross

It is not works or good deeds, or lists of rules or rituals that we have to follow, that makes us right with God. It is faith in Jesus Christ!

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God."
- Romans 5:1-2

Step out of the darkness and come into His light ✨

The instant after you die, you'll know the Bible was right about everything and that Jesus is real.

Don't wait until then. Repent and trust in Christ this moment.

September 2: Only the Very Beginning

#Devotional

Hosea 3:1–5:15; Acts 2:1–41; Job 15:10–20

Beginnings are exciting. The freshness of a new project or a new relationship sharpens our senses. When that novelty diminishes, though, it’s difficult to maintain the same level of excitement.

Acts 2 is all about beginnings. In this passage we get an inside view of how God worked to gather a new community of believers to Himself. Pentecost and the arrival of the Holy Spirit signaled a new era and produced a new community, as both Jews and “devout men from every nation under heaven” converted to the Christian faith (Acts 2:5).

From where we stand, it’s easy for us to see Pentecost as the pivotal moment in the history of the Church—an unparalleled event that changed the world forever. Magnificent things happened. Peter gave a moving testimony. Three thousand people came to faith.

When we celebrate the holiday of Pentecost, however, we are remembering the firstfruits of the harvest—the coming of the Holy Spirit and the original community of believers under Jesus Christ. Firstfruits are only the start of a harvest; they hint at future abundance. The wonders that began at Pentecost are still happening today. God is active and present in our lives, just as He was gathering His Church then.

We need a fresh perspective. We need the motivation and the boldness of Peter. We need to rekindle our original excitement when announcing that the kingdom of heaven is at hand, because He is at work, in us and around us.

How are you sharing this hope?

September 2 - The Religious Leaders’ False Solution

#LifeOfChrist

“They were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd” (Matthew 9:36).

The scribes and Pharisees offered a religion that only added burdens instead of lifting them. For them, the common people were the object of disdain, not compassion; individuals to be exploited, not served. In that sense the scribes and Pharisees were true descendents of the false shepherds against whom the Lord railed centuries earlier through Ezekiel (34:2–4).

Many religious leaders today are still endeavoring to keep people out of the kingdom by distorting and contradicting God’s Word and perverting the way of salvation. By telling people they are already saved because “a good God would never condemn anyone to hell,” they lead people to be content with themselves and to see no need for repentance and salvation—thereby shutting tight the gracious door God has provided. Similarly, when people are told they can work their way into God’s favor by avoiding certain sins or by performing certain good deeds or participating in some prescribed ritual, they are likewise deceived and left in their lost condition.

How wonderfully refreshing it must have been to hear Jesus say, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matt. 11:28–30). What a contrast those words were from the teaching of the scribes and Pharisees.

Ask Yourself

You may not mean to do it, but does the gospel you present to others involve more requirements than Jesus Himself placed on it? Make sure the gospel you proclaim is all about lifting their burden of sin, not loading them with more than they’re carrying already.

DAY 2: How does Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians help resolve the controversy over the sign gifts discussed in chapters 12–14?

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Everyday my goal is to know Christ, to love Christ and to be more like Him.

The Gospel is offensive to human pride because it leaves us with nothing to boast about. We are not rescued because we were wise enough, moral enough, or religious enough. We are rescued by grace.

Pray without ceasing!

1 Thessalonians 5:17

I hope your September is full of changing leaves and changing priorities with more focus on Jesus.

What can wash away our sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus!