{"id":12509,"date":"2026-02-17T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12509"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:59:05","slug":"desire-to-be-humble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12509","title":{"rendered":"DESIRE TO BE HUMBLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong> An acclaimed believer should desire the mind of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>John 13<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What kind of man are you?<br \/>How is your mind before God?<br \/>To capture living life for God is to have the mind of Jesus.<br \/>Paul admonished in <strong><em>Philippians 2:5-8, \u201cLet this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,\u00a06\u00a0who,\u00a0being in the form of God, did not consider it\u00a0robbery to be equal with God,\u00a07\u00a0but\u00a0made Himself of no reputation, taking the form\u00a0of a bondservant,\u00a0and\u00a0coming in the likeness of men.\u00a08\u00a0And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and\u00a0became\u00a0obedient to\u00a0the point of\u00a0death, even the death of the cross.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>What is it about the mind of Christ?<br \/>Do you have the mind of Christ?\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Have you thought about the mind of Jesus?<br \/>The mind of Christ is humble, a mind that is plain, simple, and set before God.<br \/>A humble mind is not about thinking less of ourselves, but about thinking of others with love.<br \/>A humble mind encourages us to think about the people<br \/>To the world,\u00a0to be a humble mind can be perceived as weak but wrong.<br \/>Humble can lead to more happiness and better relationships with others.<br \/>A humble person should not do things through selfish ambition, but esteem others better than oneself.<br \/>Jesus showed the greatest example of humility when He washed the feet of His disciples and gave His.\u00a0<br \/>Jesus demonstrated for His disciples then and today about the importance of humility in <strong><em>John 13:1, \u201cJesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from the supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples\u2019 feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.\u201d (John 13:3-5)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>There is no perfect way to teach and demonstrate what it means to be humble than the documentation of Jesus, His way of humility.<br \/>Once, Jesus was asked, <strong><em>\u201c\u2026Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?\u201d (Matthew 18:1)<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>Jesus responsed clearly described humility as the way to become the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. He said, <strong><em>\u201cAssuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom.\u201d (Matthew 18:3-4)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>To be the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven is distant for all until one is converted to become like a little child.<br \/>The title of any man on earth is not evidence of humility or a ticket to becoming the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.<br \/>One that is not full of the word of God is not with the Spirit of God.<br \/>Little children have a mindset of humility, not pride.<br \/>With the identity of malice, deception, and unforgiveness, one cannot see God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong> <em>Ask for the mind of Christ Jesus to become in you.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE: An acclaimed believer should desire the mind of Christ. John 13 What kind of man are you?How is your mind before God?To capture living life for God is to have the mind of Jesus.Paul admonished in Philippians 2:5-8, \u201cLet this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,\u00a06\u00a0who,\u00a0being in the form &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12509\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DESIRE TO BE HUMBLE<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12510,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509\/revisions\/12510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}