Step Four Searching And Fearless Moral Inventory
When making an inventory of our lives before God, some basic questions to ask are: "God what does my life look like to you? How have I strayed from Your directives? What needs to go? What needs to be sought after with everything I have in me so I can really live?"
In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. (2 Peter 1:5-7 NLT)
Our addictive behaviour is almost certainly rooted in the problems we experienced with relationships in the past. Wrong beliefs and actions flowed from the pain and brokenness we experienced. When doing an inventory that is searching, fearless, and moral, we must examine our way of thinking and ask ourselves, “What actually caused me to think and behave in that way?” We must look not only at what we did, but why we did it.
Like a skillful surgeon God will help us identify and then remove those things that have hindered us from living a good and pleasing life. We will come to know what a purposeful life looks like when we inventory our past and current behaviour in the light of what God’s Word says.
Prayer: Loving God, The act of uncovering what I have tried to hide and run from in the past is extremely challenging. However, in the safety of Your love and care, I am determined to make a searching, fearless, and moral inventory of my life. Please help me! Amen
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