Let's be honest. It feels good to talk about ourselves. Because of our sinful nature, we tend to love letting others know how great and awesome we are. In other words, we like to brag about ourselves. As followers of Jesus however, we also know that boasting about ourselves is prideful and sinful. In many places throughout scripture, we are commanded to be humble, so we pray for humility and watch what we say about ourselves. So even as we strive to not boast about ourselves, let us not forget that there is one thing that we can boast about - the cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! In Galatians 6:14, the Apostle Paul writes, "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." As we celebrate the miracle of Easter this month, let us boast loudly about the work of Christ on the cross. Let us tell anyone we can about what Jesus has done for you and me. And while we boast about our Savior Jesus with our mouths, let us also boast about Him in how we live our lives each and every day, for as the old saying goes, "Our actions speak louder than our words." Christian author Brennan Manning once said, "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable." With God's strength, we can stop bragging about ourselves, but we should never stop boasting about the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, both in our words and actions!
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