It is very possible to be proud of the spiritual gifts God has entrusted to us and to strut about ostentatiously, forgetting that we have nothing which we have not received, that grace is a gift, an undeserved favor. We can actually be filled with pride at the eloquence and brilliance of our sermon on humility.
J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Maturity: Principles of Spiritual Growth for Every Believer”, p.63, Moody Publishers