I read this prayer of humility by James Martineau today, this is the spirit that Jesus loves to bless. 

  "What are we, O Lord, that thou shouldst make us sharers in they everlasting work, and give us entrance into thy everlasting rest? It is shameful to think how we have defaced thine image, grieved thy Spirit, quitted thy presence, and strayed by ourselves. When we lose thy hand, we are without strength or stay, and sink into the fretful cares and miserable pride of an unloving mind."