Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.
Expect much of God, and he will do much for you.
He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.
So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man
For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.