Ready For God To Remove Defects Of Character

The purpose of Step 6 is to help us address those personal defects of character that result from our discontentment with life. Through our personal inventory, we have become aware of our flawed belief system and our dysfunctional behaviour patterns and have become willing to make changes. We are ready to have God remove all our faulty coping mechanisms. Becoming entirely ready is the key to our willingness to change the way we think and act. 

Character defects are often developed through many years of struggling to survive.  We tend to feel at home with what is familiar to us, even while desiring a better life.  God is willing to give us the desire and the power to complete the task of changing if we wholeheartedly turn our will and our life over to His care.  God will not only help us defeat our fear of change but will enable us to become willing to have Him remove all our defects of character so we can progress further than we ever thought possible.   

Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth!  Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you.  (Psalm 86:11 NLT)

Prayer:  Gracious God, I am entirely ready to have You remove all my defects of character.  Teach me Your ways that I may live in Your truth.  Amen