Conquering Me!
It is often stated that our worse enemy is our self. I believe this statement, due to the fact that we can talk ourselves into doing and saying the craziest things. I am currently in the last week of a 21-Day consecration with my church family. One of the great things about a consecration is the need to conquer your negative self. You have to tell you body that you will not eat chocolate, soda(Coke-a cola), sourdough bread and other great items. In other words, we are to take control over our actions.
We use a lot of excuses for not doing, eating and saying the things that we should. So this week your challenge is to look inside yourself and find every excuse that you use for not being all that you can and all that God created you to be. If you are like me there will be a lot of them.
I would like for you to really focus on the excuses that you say to yourself for overspending, emotionally spending and being bad guardians over your finances each month. You will be surprised as to how much we attempt to justify our bad habits.
Then once you acknowledge your excuses, write them down. Next develop a "buddy" system and have someone hold you accountable for your spending habits and excuses. Then pray about your excuses. Ask God to help you eliminate excuses from your life. Then, every time you make an excuse, correct it immediately.
Change is always hard, but is often needed. Conquering yourself is one of the most difficult things that you will have to do in life.
So let us know, some of your excuses for overspending!
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