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Podcast: theeffect Podcasts
Episode: Asking Humbly
Description: Dave Brisbin 10.20.24
Ever try to give someone a compliment who couldn’t accept it?
I like your shirt. Oh this? I got it on the clearance rack. Good job! I could have done better, just got lucky. Or next level: It wasn’t me; it was the Lord. All glory goes to God. Maybe we feel unworthy…or think we’re being humble or more spiritual by deflecting praise. But in trying to be humble, we humiliate ourselves with deprecation and the giver by essentially saying we know better. True humility doesn’t reduce us or others to lower levels. It simply...