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Scriptures Referenced

1. Sometimes we suffer because of our own mistakes. 

Hosea 4:6
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. 
“Because you have rejected knowledge, 

Proverbs 19:2-3
Desire without knowledge is not good–
how much more will hasty feet miss the way!
A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, 
yet their heart rages against the LORD.

Galatians 6:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Assume your own responsibility
5 For every person will have to bear [with patience] his own burden
[of faults and shortcomings for which he alone is responsible].

2. Humility
God is making you more humble.
 

2 Corinthians 12:7 
even though I have received such 
wonderful revelations from God.
So to keep me from becoming proud,
I was given a thorn in my flesh,
a messenger from Satan to torment me 
and keep me from becoming proud.

Proverbs 18:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Before disaster the heart of a man is haughty
and filled with self-importance,But humility comes before honor

1 Peter 5:6-8
Humble yourselves, therefore, 
under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls
around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

3. God’s discipline

Hebrews 12:5-11
And have you completely forgotten this word 
of encouragement that addresses you 
as a father addresses his son?
It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 
because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, 
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
Endure hardship as discipline; 
God is treating you as his children. 
For what children are not disciplined by their father? 
If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline
—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us 
and we respected them for it. How much more should
we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 
They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; 
but God disciplines us for our good, in order that 
we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant
at the time, but painful. Later on, however, 
it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace
for those who have been trained by it.

Proverbs 3:11-13
My child, do not reject the Lord’s 
discipline, and don’t get angry when he corrects you.
The Lord corrects those he loves, just as parents correct
the child they delight in. Happy is the person who finds
wisdom, the one who gets understanding.
 

4 So you can become more dependent on the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Each time he said, 
“My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”
So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, 
so that the power of Christ can work through me.
That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, 
and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and 
troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak,
then I am strong.

John 15:5
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches.
Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit.
For apart from me you can do nothing.