July 15 – Letting Go of Pride

Pride and self-pity look like opposites, but they're running the same con — both are just "look at me" in different costumes. Today Pastor Mike and Corey trace that thread through the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, the difference between working the Seven Deadly Sins and practicing the Seven Heavenly Virtues, and the Step Seven Prayer's blunt ask: take all of me, the good and the bad, because I can't tell which is which anymore. They also get honest about how humility rarely arrives as a decision — more often it shows up as a gift of time, or as the people closest to us gently pointing out what we can't see in ourselves. The stone for today: Pride keeps me stuck, and humility sets me free. Read today's full Daily Ripple at www.dailyripples.com — and we'd love to hear from you. Reach out any time at [email protected]. Letting go of pride | humility and self-pity | Seven Deadly Sins | Step Seven prayer | Christian recovery | 12-step faith | ego and surrender | sobriety devotional | Big Book study | addiction recovery Daily Ripples is a daily devotional reflection connecting recovery principles with the life of faith. New episodes every day at dailyripples.com.