- II Chronicles 26; - Pastor Peter Franz - in our daily lives we have situations where we receive praise for things that we do. We must realize that only God deserves this praise. This can cause us to have great pride which we do not deserve. Pride will cause us to sin against God and others. We must recognize that pride causes one to fall, and that any success we have comes from God. We must be willing to receive the rebuke of Godly people or God will humble the proud.