Femi LazarusCEO at Femi Lazarus Consulting

Beware of Pride, it is a major tool for the devil.

9 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this sermon, the speaker warns that the devil deliberately exploits pride and arrogance to separate believers from godly influence. He explains that once pride takes root in a person's heart, God will humble the proud, likening the experience to the biblical story of Nebuchadnezzar. The speaker connects unchecked pride to the premature death of many young ministers, who judge themselves by the size or prestige of their ministries. He then shifts to the importance of shepherds—spiritual leaders—who intercede through prayer and fasting on behalf of their flock. The health and safety of the sheep (congregants) serve as a testimony to the shepherd’s blessing. The speaker urges all men of God to ensure they have faithful shepherds and to actively engage in prayer, warning that a record of sheep dying under a leader’s watch indicates a failure to fulfill that responsibility.

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So sometimes the devil intentionally wants to do something. He wants to create a spacing between you and the valiant men. If you don't accept that, one of the things you have just signed up for is that you have signed up for a system to show you your level of strength. Pride is real, arrogance is true. Once it is settled in your heart, the one who sees all sees it. He's going to always humble the proud. So what he's going to do is that once he sees it, that you believe it's me, forget it, it's okay, you have qualified for an exam you should not have written. And the end of that exam is like Nebuchadnezzar, when it occurs to you that this is my limitation. And that's why many young ministers die young, because They rate themselves based on the size and the color of ministry. So the sheep, the testimony of the sheep is the blessing of a shepherd. That's the testimony of a sheep, to be blessed with a shepherd, the one who will not let go. Are you following what I'm saying here? If you have shepherds that can wait on God on your behalf in the place of prayer and fasting, then you are blessed. And I appeal to any man of God that finds this message to listen to. It is not a good track record if you have the record of sheep dying under your watch. You are not God, but you must do your part in prayer.