My fruit of defensiveness grew from a root of pride and insecurity. My assumption was, "I can't afford to be wrong? My value depends on being right," or "My opinion is right because it's mine!"
The fruit of hypersensitivity grows from the root of pride and an unhealthy level of self-consciousness. The fruit of perfectionism springs from the root of low self-esteem or insecurity. You get the idea. Look at the roots you posted earlier. Each root is most likely a faulty assumption.
On what underlying assumption did the children of Israel operate in the following Scripture verse?
Deuteronomy 1:27 (New International Version)
27 You grumbled in your tents and said, “The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.
Pride?
ReplyDeleteOn the assumption that God must hate them
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