Genuine worship involves laying down our pride and achievements at Jesus' feet, just as the wise men and heavenly elders did. This Christmas season, take time to bow before Him in true humility, surrendering all your crowns of self-reliance.

Stop holding back; bow down and let Jesus take the lead, and experience the true change only He can bring.

Christians do great things for God, while acknowledging that it is God Himself who does achieves great things through us.

In a world where status is important, Jesus calls us to childlike humility, caring little for status and position.

Awarded with the highest honour in the land, Wally Herron didn’t get puffed up. He humble gave thanks and relinquished the glory to God.

Our enemy tries to kill our humility and make us bombastic and arrogant in God’s presence. But the true follower of Jesus is always humble and thankful.

We have a habit of obscuring God’s glory and moving ourselves into view. But even our stories are meant to point to God, not us!

What do you do when you succeed in life? Claim the victory for yourself? Or use the victory to give glory to God?

We may receive crowns from Jesus as rewards for our faithfulness on earth - but in the end, like the elders in Revelation 4, we will cast them at His feet and say "you are the worthy one!"

William Duma refused to take glory for himself. He was a man of self-denial, a man who surrendered all to God. What an example to us!

With such a powerful healing ministry, William Duma could well have become proud and self-reliant. But God reminded him to watch and pray so that pride would not take root in his heart. Are we praying against pride? It has no place in our Christian lives.

Joseph's example of giving glory to God even while imprisoned shows us the importance of genuine humility in all circumstances. Take time today to redirect praise and attention away from yourself and toward God.