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15 Warning Signs Pride Is Creeping Into Your Ministry

God never called us to compete. God has called us to be faithful and fruitful where we are with what we have and not to compete with a church across the country or down the street. When your heart becomes competitive with other churches and church leaders, pride is creeping in.

We ALL have to guard our hearts from developing a competitive spirit. We are all on the same team, and we are not better followers of Jesus or servants of God because of numbers or popularity. Don’t allow pride to creep in!

Here are 15 signs that pride is creeping into your heart:

1. When you aren’t learning from other leaders

2. When you spend time with people and all you do is talk about yourself

3. When you won’t listen to and learn from people who lead a smaller organization than you

4. When you don’t listen to and learn from the people you lead

5. When you are defensive every time you are criticized

6. When you don’t have compassion on those who are suffering, hurting or trapped in sin

7. When you preach down at people as though you have arrived

8. When you want everybody to serve you

9. When you don’t serve anyone

10. When you justify why you are not obeying the Bible in an area of your life

11. When you believe you could never fall into sin so you don’t put boundaries in your life

12. When you don’t empower others to lead because you want to do it all yourself

13. When you always take the credit instead of giving the credit to the team

14. When you won’t raise up other speakers in your church and let them teach because you are hoarding the pulpit

15. When you start depending on self to produce the results instead of trusting God