Proud People vs. Broken People

Recording of Nancy Leigh DeMoss in 1995 – Campass Crusade:

Proud people focus on the failures of others, but broken people are overwhelmed with a sense of their own spiritual need.

Proud people are self-righteous. They have a critical, faultfinding spirit. They look at everyone else’s faults with a microscope, but their own with a telescope and they look down on others. But broken people are compassionate; they can forgive much because they know how much they’ve been forgiven. They think the best of others, and they esteem all others better than themselves.
Proud people have an independent, self-sufficient spirit, but broken people have a dependent spirit and recognize their need for others.

Proud people have to prove that they’re right, but broken people are willing to yield their right to be right.

Proud people claim rights and have a dependent spirit, but broken people yield their rights and have a meek spirit.

Proud people are self-protective of their time, their rights, and their reputation, but broken people are self-denying.

Proud people desire to be served, but broken people are motivated to serve others.

Proud people desire to be a success….