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Am I Willing to Obey
by Tamera Eaton 1999
1) Am I hesitant to obey God when it requires
deviating from what my family, friends, and neighbors think?
2) Am I willing to sacrifice time and availability to the
family to provide material pleasures?
3) Does my sense of self-worth depend on where I live, what I drive, how I'm dressed or
the job I hold?
4) Do I justify wrong decisions (i.e. purchases, children's friends, activities,
entertainment) by minimizing their negative effect and saying, "Everyone else is
doing it?"
5) Am I willing to compromise godly standards of discipline and training of the children
because "it's just too much work"?
6) Am I hesitant to deprive the children of certain potentially negative relationships and
activities because they may feel left out of their peer group or because we fear their
rejection?
