HUMILITY CONFESSION / My Knee Does Bow

This is the 6^th of 6 devotions with the theme

from Galatians 5:22 and 1 Corinthians 13:4

 “The Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness (Humility)

and

"Love Is Not Proud”

This is the impartation devotion

Let's make our Humility Confession 

HUMILITY CONFESSION

by

Rebecca Ann Cooley

(Philippians 2:5-8)

I surrender to the work of humility in my life. I bring my Father joy by walking in humility. I am learning to walk in the Father’s love. Therefore I am in full accord and of one harmonious mind and intention with my Father. I am learning to agree with others, love others and esteem others as better than myself. I do not push my way to the front. I do not sweet talk my way out of responsibility. I put myself aside and I help others get ahead. I make others look good. I am not obsessed with getting my own advantage.

I am beginning to think of myself the way Jesus thought of himself. My motives are pure. My motives are not prompted by conceit or empty arrogance. I am not motivated by strife or selfishness. I esteem others above myself and look out for the interest of others. I do not take unworthy advantage of my position as a child of God. Instead I take on the status of a slave just like Jesus did. Like Jesus, I will walk in humility and be obedient to it. I redouble my efforts of walking in love and humility. I work at what will give God the most pleasure. I do everything readily and cheerfully with no power struggles or second guessing. I am a breath of fresh air in a polluted society. I am a glimpse of good living and an example of the living Good.

I bow my knee to the name of Jesus. I confess frankly and openly and acknowledging that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father. I instruct my mind to be the same as that of Jesus and humble myself and by doing so I am bowing my knee and confessing with my tongue that Jesus is Lord.

I humble myself to let offense and pride come to the surface. I allow God to complete the work of humility in me.

I keep myself in humility giving God legal right to energize and create his good pleasure and delightful desires in me.

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MY KNEE DOES BOW

Devotion: Humility Confession

(Philippians 2:5-8)

Verse

My knee does bow 

and my tongue does confess that You are Lord

When I instruct my mind to be in one accord, 

Lord with Yours

Chorus

The same attitude of humility, 

the same attitude of servitude

Oh, the same attitude 

of preferring my brother and sister in Christ

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Words and Music by KentCliffordCooley

THE DOOR OF HUMILITY / Grace

This is the 5^th of 7 devotions with the theme

from Galatians 5:22 and 1 Corinthians 13:4

 “The Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness (Humility)

and

"Love Is Not Proud”

THE DOOR OF HUMILITY
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from James 4:6)

He gives us more and more grace which is the power of the Holy Spirit,

given to us to meet this evil tendency and all others fully. 

God sets himself against the proud and haughty,

but gives grace continually to the lowly -

those who are humble enough to receive it.

For years I have pondered doors.  Doors have been prophesized over me and spoken over me.  I have dreamed about doors.  I have visualized doors of prosperity and provision opening.  I have worshiped with thoughts of doors in the back of my minds.  We have had people call us and say, "God told me to tell you that doors are opening that no man can open and a door is going to open that only God can open."  One pastor told us that three doors were opening in a particular part of the country and we based moving there on that prophetic word.  We have written petitions to God about provision for doors and believing for certain doors of ministry to open.  I have had my mind on doors and pondered doors for a very long time. 

Recently I sat in a service and the pastor had us close our eyes and visualize a door in our imagination.  That was easy.  As we sat quietly, he told us to approach the door and rub our hands across it.  Then he told us to knock on the door.  We were to enter through the door in our imagination and observe what was on the other side of the door.  After a time, the pastor asked us to describe what we saw in our vision.  One lady said she saw a crowd of people and searched until she found Jesus in the crowd.  One person said that she saw herself sitting by a river that was peaceful and serene.  What I saw in my vision changed my thinking about doors forever.

I opened my door and saw a small table as in a café.  It had a linen tablecloth and it was set for two - two glasses of what looked like red wine and a small loaf of bread.  Jesus invited me to sit and dine at the small table.  As I sat, I imagined myself communing with Jesus.  I felt that he was telling me that this was the door - the door of humbleness, the door of belief and faith that I can come and sit down and talk to him and he hears and responds to me - the door to his table where everything is talked over and plans made and grace given.  When it was time to open my eyes and walk away from that right-brained experience, I felt as if Jesus was saying, "Come back anytime, this table will always be set for you and we will work out every issue and make provision for every need and set you in place for kingdom work." 

I now understand about doors.  Doors are a heart matter with God.  I walk through the door of humbleness and belief that I can commune with the Almighty and he covers all of my affairs with grace.  And His grace opens the door for the power of the Holy Spirit to move and work on my behalf.  Everything I need comes down to a matter of the heart.  There is nothing that cannot be accomplished at his table.

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Devotion authored by Rebecca Ann Cooley
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GRACE

Devotion:  The Door of Humility

(Adapted from James 4:6)

Verse

He gives grace and more grace besides

Beauty for ashes, for sorrow He gives joy

For tears He gives laughter

Right here and now and hereafter

Chorus

He gives grace to live a holy life 

He gives grace to do what’s right

He gives grace to love my neighbor 

He gives grace when I surender

Bridge

It’s not easy to live a holy life 

And some people are hard to love

But in my weakness, I am made strong, 

The grace of God is shown

I claim it as my own

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WordsAndMusic by Kent Clifford Cooley

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MENTALITY OF HUMILITY / Glory and Honor

This is the 4^th of 6 devotions with the theme

from Galatians 5:22 and 1 Corinthians 13:4

 “The Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness (Humility)

and

"Love Is Not Proud” 

MENTALITY OF HUMILITY
by
Kent Clifford Cooley

(John 17:22-23; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:22)

“I have given to them the glory and honor that you have given me

so that they may be one even as we are one.”

If Jesus has given us the same glory and honor that the Father gave to Him, what was the process in which Jesus received this glory and honor? He received glory and honor and exaltation and dominion by developing a mentality of humility.

Let this mind be in you which also was in Christ Jesus

who humbled himself even unto the death of the cross.

Therefore, God has highly exalted him

and given him dominion and a name above all names.

We receive the same glory and honor that the father gave the son the same way the son received it, by developing a mentality of humility.

Father, I make a quality decision to practice humility at the cost of not protecting my pride that wants to impress people and protect my self esteem. Sometimes when I choose humility, people may rub it in and I may feel belittled. Even though I feel belittled, I am going to stay inside of humility and take my losses in the sight of people. I am pursuing You. I am pursuing the same mind of humility that Jesus had. I am pursuing Your way to honor and glory. This goes against human reasoning but your ways are not our ways. The same glory and honor you gave to the son the son has given to me.

Child, my glory and honor is available to you because I have prayed to our Father for it for you. It is the way to be one in unity with Me. When you walk in humility and lower expectation of yourself, the world will definitely recognize Me and sense the love of our Father.

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GLORY AND HONOR

Devotion: Mentality of Humility

(John 17:22-23; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:22)

Verse 1

We were the sinful kind,

O Lord what did You find to attract Your love

Such mercy from above

You were the richest king

The mighty God of everything

Yet You humbled Yourself to wear a robe of flesh

Bridge

You lifted us up out of sin;

You gave us the spirit to win

Our broken hearts you kindly did mend

Then you promised to come back again

Chorus

Glory and honor,

Majesty and power belong to You O Lord

We bless Your holy name

You're evermore the same

We glorify You

Verse 2

Now we are royalty

And in eternity we will reign as kings

And priests forevermore

We wait for the heavenly prize

The glorious day when we all will rise

In Your likeness Lord,

To wear a robe of white

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Words and Music by

KentCliffordCooley / Mike Shreve

Devotion by KentCliffordCooley

RELIGIOUS PRIDE EXPOSED / What Did Love Say To Do?

This is the 3^rd of 6 devotions with the theme 
from Galatians 5:22 And 1 Corinthians 13:4

“The Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness (Humility)"

"Love is not proud"

RELIGIOUS PRIDE EXPOSED

by

Rebecca Ann Cooley

(Adapted from John 16:1-4)

We received a letter some time ago that exposed religiousness in us.  The person wrote explaining that our approach over the years to her had been so biased that she could not see past us to see God.  We were stunned and immediately began to search our hearts for truth.  Were we religious?  Were we a stumbling block instead of a guide to God? 

We responded by asking for her forgiveness and admitting religious pride.  We chose to humble ourselves and we guarded ourselves against becoming defensive.  This softened her heart and in just a few weeks, she had a divine encounter with God and gave her heart to Him.  This didn’t happen because we knew the path she should take and made her aware of it with religious words.  She gave her heart to God because love rode on the wings of humility and meekness to her.  We chose to admit we had been religious, apologized and asked for her forgiveness.  This had an effect beyond any instructions we had ever given to her.  Religious pride is counterproductive to anything God is doing.

Jesus warned us about religiousness.  That is probably one of the reasons love is the greatest commandment.  Love expels and casts out fear and it also drives out religiousness.  Religion caused the Pharisees to not even consider the miracle working power of Jesus because He was not doing it the way they thought it should be done.  Do I miss what God wants to do in a person’s heart because that person is not responding the way I think they should?  Do I look through the eyes of religious or do I look through the eyes of love?

“I have told you these things so that you should not be offended.  I teach you about love so you will not be taken unawares and falter yourselves or cause someone else to stumble and fall away.  It is the Holy Spirit’s role to convict and convince about sin.  Allow the Holy Spirit to bring uprightness of heart and expose sin.  Allow the Holy Spirit to judge and do not take on that responsibility yourself.  The prince of this world is judged and condemned already and his sentence is already passed.  Allow the Spirit of Truth to guide you into all truth.  He will speak a message of hope and love to hearts that are receptive.  And only He will convict and expose sin.

Lord, forgive me for the sin of religiousness.   It is not up to me to expose sin or convince someone of error.  It is my job to love and to expose You.  I want people to see You in me.  I renounce religion and I recommit myself to Your love by expressing concern and compassion to others instead of judgment and condemnation.  Thank you for divine instruction leading me to love.

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Authored by Rebecca Cooley 

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WHAT DID LOVE SAY TO DO?

(Adapted from John 14:8-11)

Verse:

Love is patient, Love is kind, 

Love is not jealous, Love is not rude, 

Love does not insist on its own way

Love is not self seeking, 

There is no law against love (repeat)

Chorus:

It was about love and not about rules 

When Jesus healed the man on the Sabbath Day

It was about love and not about rules,  

What did love say to do?

Bridge:

Without love there is no value, 

There is no meaning to anything at all

Without love there is no purpose, 

There is no rhyme or reason to anything at all

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WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley  

LOVE AND HUMILITY VERSUS PRIDE / Love Displays Humility

This is the 2^nd of 6 devotions with the theme

from Galatians 5:22 And 1 Corinthians 13:4

“The Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness (Humility)"

"Love is not proud"

LOVE AND HUMILITY VERSUS PRIDE
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from Proverbs 27:2, Luke 18:11, 1 Corinthians 13:4, Galatians 5:22)

Looking down on another individual, the Pharisee prayed, “I thank you, my God that I am not like this sinner.  I fast two days a week and I pay my tithes . . .” He walks away feeling good about himself, believing God is pleased with his religious thoughts.  This Pharisee is absorbed with self-importance and pride. And his pride condemns him.

Looking at himself, the sinner rents his clothes and cries out to God, “Father, be merciful to me!  I am a sinner!”  He stands still and searches his own heart, believing that God has mercy for him.  This sinner humbles himself and receives grace.

There are so many examples in Scripture of prideful, religious, legalistic people like this Pharisee.  Pride causes a person to abandon the love of God.   Jesus constantly positioned the Pharisees and the religious order of that day to choose pride or to choose love.  They chose pride almost every time. 

Love and pride are incompatible.  Love and humility are inseparable.  Pride curses the darkness.  Love lights a candle.  Pride is dogmatic.  Love says “Come let us reason together.”   

Father I chose love today.  I dismantle and tear down pride in my heart.   Cover my religious heart with the blood of Jesus and remove all of the self-importance in me.  Instead of cursing the darkness with religious thinking, I will light a candle of love.  Thank you for exposing my religious pride and leading me, today, in the way of love.

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LOVE DISPLAYS HUMILITY

Devotion:  Love & Humility Versus Pride

(Adapted  Proverbs  27:1-2, John 13:2-3, 1 Corinthians 13:4)

Let another praise you and not your own mouth, 

A stranger and not your own lips (repeat all)

Love and humility are inseparable 

Love and pride are incompatible

Love displayed humility, 

Putting on the attire of a servant

Love washed His disciples’ feet (repeat 2 times)

Love is not proud, Love is not vainglorious

Love displays humility, and I’ll display humility

Love displays humility and I’ll display humility

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WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

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THE HUMILITY CONNECTION TO WORSHIP / Everyone, Yes Everyone

This is the 1^st of 6 devotions with the theme

from Galations 5:22 and 1 Corinthians 13:4

“The Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness (Humility)"

"Love is not proud"

THE HUMILITY CONNECTION TO WORSHIP
by
Kent Cooley

(Adapted from Luke 14:11; John 15:5)

Philippians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:22 )

One fall day as a young 15 year old southern gospel enthusiast, I was delighted to see a new double, long-playing, live album by one of my favorite groups which I will not name. When I took the recording home from the Christian bookstore and put it on the turn table, I could feel such a powerful presence of God on the music, singing and the short periods of preaching in between songs. Four years later, the same group came out with another double, live album which I bought with the same high expectations as the first one. Fully expecting to enjoy this album the same, I was disappointed that I did not feel the strong unction of the Holy Spirit as was so obviously on the first one. On the first recording, the singers lifted up Jesus and declared the praises of God. On the second live project, four years later, they mostly declared the praises of the group and how many awards they had won. What a difference there was in those short four years.

I traveled with an evangelist during the 80’s who had a prophetic dream concerning me. He said that he saw me singing “I exalt You, I exalt You.” And then he heard the Lord say, “I exalt you, I exalt you.” The scripture declares . . .

Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,

and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Father, I do exalt You. I lift you up. 

I humble myself before you and glory in you alone.

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EVERYONE, YES EVERYONE

Philippians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:22)

Verse 1

Everyone, yes everyone

Who exalts himself shall be humbled

Everyone, yes everyone

Who humbles himself shall be exalted

Chorus 1

I Exalt you Oh Lord, I Exalt You oh Lord

I humble myself before You (Repeat)

Verse 2

Without You I can do nothing

Without You I can do nothing

Verse 3

I can do all things through you

I can do all things through you

Chorus 2

I exalt you my child

I exalt you my child

You’ve humbled your self before Me (Repeat)

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WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

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