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But Over the past few years I feel like I have been, in a way, up and down.Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people.
Our faith is a work in progress; continually being transformed into His image. When complacency sinks in, you dont necessarily see that anything is wrong ( and that can be deadly ). It manifests itself in different ways at different times in my life. ![]() Pride is the sucker that likes to put its hand in my back jean pocket and pump me up for all the wrong reasons. His wisdom and more than anything, his spirituality is very clear and evident in his writing. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on pride I catch myself thinking that way as well. Its easy for me to get to a level with God and then settle in there. I dont want to, but when you are surrounded by college kids who arent necessarily at the same level as you spiritually, its not easy to see the areas where you are complacent. I have started to refocus on my prioritys, the biggest one is with my relationship with God. That is complacency it is drifting away slowly and easily and we never recognize it. It too is my deadly foe and something that I have to battle against. And it likely manifests from my regular battles with pride, complacency and self-centeredness to be honest. ![]() I think complacency and it seem to come hand in hand (so focused on ourselves we dont realize where were going). A friend of mine told me two words once that have stuck with me for years: Just act. I rely heavily on Gods anointing being a bit low on confidence. But God is Great and can overcome my complacency, luckily I have a great team and the bring me back quite quickly. Confidence will come especially when we realize that we cant do anything on our own to begin with.:). Grateful we have a Father who speaks truth into our lives every single day, right:). Never thought of it like that but something we can confuse, for sure. I might say, Im content right now, but in reality Im unwilling to be changed. It is not the words that I say that are pridefulit is the thoughts that I think.
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