As you may already know, pride is a major force in our world today.  I can see it on display at home, on the job and maybe even in my own life.  If this is the case then I already know what difficulties it brings.  I have an issue with pride. I see myself always checking on how I am being perceived with respect to others. I keep track of my stats, standing and status. Because I am so concerned about my standing and status, I am constantly tempted to inflate myself in order to attain a higher standing and thus higher status

.For the sake of my pride, I may try to attain a higher status in one of two ways.

•  I may pump myself up with subtle or not so subtle boasting;

• I may deflate others by putting them down.

Perhaps the greatest sin issue with which I must deal with in my hearts is pride. What a destructive dynamic! Pride causes me to become angry with those whom I love. Haughtiness causes me to look upon others with disdain. Arrogance causes me to trample upon the feelings of fellow believers. Pride causes me to believe that I have a better way than God in so many of life's decisions. 

When I cannot get my wife to see my point and frustration wells in my voice, pride is the culprit. Secretly, my heart says, "why can't she see it like I do, she is so ignorant (and I'm so intelligent)!" When my wife becomes irritated at picking up clothes, pride is her companion. In the recesses of her heart she is saying, "doesn't my husband know that I have a right to expect my house to be clean? He is so inconsiderate (and I am treated like a nobody)." 

Pride affects all of life's relationships. When I become jealous of a co-worker's promotion, pride is the root. When I become embittered toward competitors, pride is lurking underneath. When I put someone down; when I covet my neighbor's yard; when I say, "I can do it better;" when I give someone the silent treatment; when I gossip; when I get my feelings hurt; pride is the reason. The question is, "can I deal with pride? Can I put down pride in my heart? Can I do so for  my peace of mind and the glory of God?" Thankfully, the answer is "yes."- humility 

Humility, on the other hand, is having a right view of myself that depends on faith rather than stats, standing and status. “For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith.” (Romans 12:3)

• Humility refuses to gather stats (keep score) in order to think well of myself

• Humility refuses to compare stats in order to think well of myself.

• Humility refuses to use stats to determine the relative value of myself and others (judging others) in order to think well of myself.