Tag Archives: pride

Lay Down Your Kingdom: a small-group session

Posted on May 6, 2019 by carlsimmonslive

For this session, you’ll need…. enough name tags for everyone pens/markers for writing Laying Down Your Day (15 minutes) Make sure everyone has a name tag and something to write with. Then say something like: Think of something you’re especially … Continue reading →

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Lay Down Your Reputation

Posted on April 15, 2019 by carlsimmonslive

Anything we’ve done apart from God is . . . apart from God. Continue reading →

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Lay Down Your Strength

Posted on April 8, 2019 by carlsimmonslive

We often want to do God’s work, but nearly as often we don’t want to do it God’s way. Continue reading →

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Lay Down Your Independence

Posted on April 1, 2019 by carlsimmonslive

The people in front of Jesus weren’t obstacles in his path—they were his path. We’re called to follow that path. Continue reading →

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Lay Down Your Pride (Part 2)

Posted on January 14, 2019 by carlsimmonslive

Repentance is not just turning back. More importantly, it is starting over. Continue reading →

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Lay Down Your Pride (Part 1)

Posted on January 7, 2019 by carlsimmonslive

Now that we know who we are in Christ and have our heads on straight, now we can begin to deal with the process of laying down our sin. We’ll explore this more broadly in the weeks to come, but … Continue reading →

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Lay Down Your Strength

Posted on July 15, 2015 by carlsimmonslive

Our strength—or rather, our reliance upon it—is still pride. Therefore, it must be broken. Watchman Nee, in his book Changed into His Likeness, put it this way, “The characteristic of those who truly know God is that they have no … Continue reading →

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Lay Down Your Pride

Posted on April 29, 2015 by carlsimmonslive

Now that we know who we are in Christ and have our heads on straight, now we can begin to deal with laying down our sin. We’ll explore this more broadly tomorrow, but today let’s start with one sin in … Continue reading →

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The Flesh Is the Flesh

Posted on December 19, 2012 by carlsimmonslive

Another set of shards for the offering… For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the … Continue reading →

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Lay Down Your Old Life: a small-group session

Posted on October 14, 2011 by carlsimmonslive

Told you today would be different. You shouldn’t need to read through the devotionals that go with this study—I’ve tried to make this pretty self-contained—but should you want to anyway, they’ll be in bits and pieces under the following names: … Continue reading →

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