Category: TOP 45 CHARACTER DEFECTS THAT SABOTAGE GROWTH
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BREAK THE CYCLE: 45 Character Defects That Sabotage Your Growth With God and People
“Search me, God, and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23–24 INTRODUCTION This is not a soft devotional. This is not for surface level faith. This is for the one who is tired of Read more
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BONUS CHAPTER: NARCISSISM
Top 45 Character Defects Within Us How Narcissism Sabotages Growth with God Narcissism is one of the greatest barriers to intimacy with the Lord because it shifts the center of your world from Christ to self. At its core, it is the worship of your own reflection. You may say with your mouth that you Read more
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BONUS CHAPTER- LACK OF OWNERSHIP- 45 CHARACTER FLAWS SERIES
BONUS CHAPTER: LACK OF OWNERSHIP Top 45 Character Defects Within Us THE SPIRITUAL BLIND SPOT THAT KEEPS YOU BLAMING, STAGNANT, AND POWERLESS “Each of you should test your own actions. Then you can take pride in yourself, without comparing yourself to someone else, for each one should carry their own load.”— Galatians 6:4–5 Lack of Read more
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45: REACTIVE- 45 CHARACTER FLAWS SERIES
CHAPTER 45: REACTIVE Top 45 Character Defects Within Us THE EMOTIONAL TRIGGER THAT KEEPS YOU UNSTABLE, DEFENSIVE, AND OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH GOD “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.”— James 1:19 Reactivity is one of the most dangerous character defects because it often feels justified in the Read more
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44: INSECURITY- 45 CHARACTER FLAWS SERIES
CHAPTER 44: INSECURITY Top 45 Character Defects Within Us THE HIDDEN WEIGHT THAT SHRINKS YOUR CONFIDENCE AND SABOTAGES YOUR CALLING “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear The Lord is the stronghold of my life, of whom shall I be afraid”— Psalm 27:1 Insecurity is one of the most exhausting Read more
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43: COMPLACENCY-45 CHARACTER FLAWS SERIES
CHAPTER 43: COMPLACENCY Top 45 Character Defects Within Us THE SPIRITUAL TRAP THAT MAKES YOU SETTLE, STAGNATE, AND LOSE YOUR FIRE “Woe to you who are complacent in Zion.”— Amos 6:1 Complacency is one of the most dangerous character defects because it sneaks in quietly.It shows up when the urgency fades.It creeps in after small Read more
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42: IDOLATRY- 45 CHARACTER FLAWS SERIES
CHAPTER 42: IDOLATRY Top 45 Character Defects Within Us THE SUBTLE SLAVERY THAT DISTRACTS YOUR HEART AND REPLACES GOD “You shall have no other gods before me.”— Exodus 20:3 Idolatry is not just a problem from the Old Testament.It is a heart defect that sneaks into your daily life and slowly dethrones God without you Read more
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41: AVOIDANCE- 45 CHARACTER FLAWS SERIES
CHAPTER 41: AVOIDANCE Top 45 Character Defects Within Us THE ESCAPE MECHANISM THAT KEEPS YOU STUCK AND STUNTS YOUR GROWTH “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.”— Proverbs 22:3 Avoidance is one of the most normalized but destructive character defects you can carry.It convinces you that Read more
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40: CO-DEPENDENT- 45 CHARACTER FLAWS SERIES
CHAPTER 40: CO-DEPENDENCY Top 45 Character Defects Within Us THE UNHEALTHY ATTACHMENT THAT DROWNS YOUR IDENTITY AND DILUTES YOUR PURPOSE “Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant Read more
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39: EMOTIONAL WITHOLDING- 45 CHARACTER FLAWS SERIES
CHAPTER 39: EMOTIONAL WITHHOLDING Top 45 Character Defects Within Us THE DEFENSE MECHANISM THAT BLOCKS INTIMACY AND BREAKS TRUST “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”— Proverbs 4:23 Emotional withholding is one of the most subtle but destructive character defects in your life.It convinces you that shutting down protects Read more