What have I learned over this past year as I have witnessed God’s grace and mercy to us as a church plant?  Namely, I have learned (or learned afresh) two important truths.  The first one is that I am a great sinner.  I am.  My heart is prone to pride and self-satisfaction in the approval of people.  Humility comes hard at every turn, and yet over and over again it proves itself good, excellent, and best.

The second thing I’ve learn is in light of the first.  Namely, that God’s mercy is wider than my pride and his grace is greater than all my sin.  How good is our God in that He keeps us in need of Him even as He humbles us to do it.  Today, I have prayer for me first and then for East Point Church as well:

Lord, I pray that our humility would increase.  Our hearts are inclined toward pride and being puffed up at our selves.  We look at what we are achieving and how well many things are going and we begin to think much of ourselves and to boast in our vision.  But may we boast in nothing save the Cross of Christ.  And may your ultimate act of humility on Calvary drive us the place of humility as well.  So, please continue to develop humility in us.  And might we rejoice to be humbled even as you are exalted.  Amen.