| I want to... | I know that I gave my life to God, but that didn’t mean every desire I was ever going
to have … | Rebellion |
| I have to … | Someone is putting gun to my head saying, “…”do this or I will shoot you”… | Fear |
| Someone is expecting me to do this … | I am supposed to be kind to people. So, If I don’t do what someone expects me to do then I am being mean … | Obligation |
| People will be angry with me If I don’t … | I don’t like it when people get angry with me. If it’s not exactly what God wants me to do, at least He won’t be angry with me | Emotional Instability |
| People will say bad things about me if I don’t do it … | My God wants people to like me. My God would want me to go ahead and do it because He would not want me to feel embarrassed in front of others | Insecurity |
| Everyone else is doing it … | Since everyone else does it, then it isn’t that big of a sin … | Deception |
| What else am I supposed to do if I don’t do it? … | I have heard all these ideas and all this advice I already know that none of it is right but I might as well try something anyway | Confusion |
| Something bad might happen if I don’t do it … | I have to take care of myself, I trust God to handle some things in my life but not everything … | Doubt |
| I want the task finished today! | I can’t let anything interfere with my all-important schedule for tomorrow . . . | Anxiety |
| God promises to fulfill my needs and I really need this so He would want me to do this to get it! | God will give me anything I want really bad and would want me to do whatever I have to do to get it! | Selfishness |
| It will help my ministry … | God is much more interested in helping my ministry than accomplishing His will on earth! | Self-Promotion |
| I have always done this and I see no reason to stop … | I do what God asks me as long as it goes along with what I want to do … | Unwillingness |
| I am supposed to because this is the way it is done! | I am a robot and have been programed to only follow worldly patterns set by man… | Worldliness |
| Everything else can wait! | I know I have work to do but. Well…this isn’t exactly wasting time. Just because it doesn’t accomplish anything, it doesn’t mean it wastes time. | Distraction |
| Someone told me to do this and I really want to make them happy… | The people who love me only want what is best for me and they have always been there for me in the past so I should do what they say no matter what I may feel God is trying to tell me! | Interference |
| Why not do it? | I’ve already gotten saved and born again, so it doesn’t matter what I do! And, if it makes me happy, why not do it? | Disobedience |
| I can’t continue with the way things are going now… | I am too impatient to wait for god’s direction and intervention so, I’m just going to handle things on my own… | Resentment |
| It is a way that God can use me … | I think that God wants me to be used in all important matters because He wants me to believe that I am important! | Pride |
| I promised God I would accomplish something and I don’t know of any other way to do it … | I know that God is counting on me to do this and I know God has supernatural wisdom, but I’m too stupid to ask for directions from Him! | Ignorance |
