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When a conversation goes wrong and escalates into a battle, we have to deal with the aftermath and assess our part. It may help to ask yourself, "Am I shifting blame to others, making excuses for my actions, or am I accepting responsibility?"
It’s amazing how many excuses we can come up with and how much blame shifting we do after giving in to sin. Have you ever noticed that asking for forgiveness is often difficult? Many times, our pride is what makes it difficult. Instead of immediately asking for forgiveness, pride says, “I was right!” or “It wasn’t that bad!”
James 1:14 says, “Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.” With this statement, James warns us to be aware of our own sin and accept responsibility.
God doesn’t ask us to do a thousand things, nor even a hundred, but just a few things. God’s purposes for you can be boiled down to three things.
As you’re faithful in these areas of growth, you’ll grow in humility and more readily confess sin and ask for forgiveness. Asking for forgiveness will no longer be a chore. Rather, it’s the recipe for a better life and better relationships.
When you fail in your walk with God, accept responsibility for your actions. Be honest with God and enjoy His forgiveness and grace.
Dear Lord, I need greater humility and courage to accept responsibility for my sins. First John 1:9 promises that if I confess my sins, You, dear Lord, are faithful and just to forgive them. Help me to nurture a repentant heart. Amen.
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When is the last time you confessed your sin and asked the Lord for forgiveness. Remember, He is faithful to forgive!
Look to God for humility and better relationships.
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Jim and Elizabeth George are bestselling authors and national speakers dedicated to helping people live a life after God’s own heart. Together, they have written over 150 books with more than 14 million copies sold around the world. For over 35 years, the teachings and steadfast example of Elizabeth and Jim have helped countless men and women:
Jim and Elizabeth George are bestselling authors and national speakers dedicated to helping people live a life after God’s own heart. Together, they have written over 150 books with more than 14 million copies sold around the world. For over 35 years, the teachings and steadfast example of Elizabeth and Jim have helped countless men and women:
When something difficult happens in your life, are you ever tempted to ask, “What good could come out of this?” The event looks like a disaster. It feels like a disaster. Therefore, we quickly conclude, it is a disaster! But God did not forget His people who were suffering in Babylon. And, my friend, He won’t forget you!
Too many times in the past I’ve told others “I’m fine” in order to hide my pain and sorrows from them. The truth is, my thoughts pulled me down so far that, in private, tears regularly streamed down my face. Are you constantly thinking negative thoughts? Being a woman after God’s own heart is all about “minding your mind.”
As a young mother, I endeavored to “train a child in the way he should go,” so that “when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). A decade later, however, I wasn’t reaping the results I had expected. Angrily, I said to God, “But this isn’t the way it was supposed to be! This isn’t the way it went for this family here or that family over there. And this isn’t the way it was supposed to be for my family!”