A soft conscience

This was so convicting, and so good, and so true, I just had to share it with you all.

May we all be inspired to live by these principles each and every day!

How to Keep Your Conscience Soft

(from the article "A Seared Conscience" by Charles Finney)

1. Embrace reason. Listen to and love wisdom and light. Move towards and lean into correction.
2. Quickly turn from anything that you get a "prick in your heart" about.
3. Keep the promises you make to God.
4. Examine and notice the quality of your speech and actions. "Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks." and "A tree is known by its fruit."
5. Do not indulge in known sin.
6. Do not make hypocritical professions of love and friendship. Don't do things just because they are "socially polite".
7. Love the truth even if and when it isn't comfortable or "flattering" to your ego.
8. Do not be self-indulgent.
9. Keep your heart a beautiful place. Avoid, at all cost: pride, vanity, jealousy, ambition.
10. Always let your words be encouraging and helpful to others. Build others up.
11. Don't make excuses for sin.
12. Be quick to do your duty.
13. Always side with the truth. Do not defend error.
14. Be quick to recognize and remove the plank in your own eye, and then help your brother if needed.
15. Reprove and correct those who are in sin. Don't let "things" go.
16. Love correction yourself.
17. Honor God in your speech and actions.
18. Embrace the Holy Spirit and His direction. Lean into, warm up to it, to HIM.
19. Desire to be holy in all areas of your life and find ways to sow the Spirit in every area.
20. Keep things plain and simple when you talk.
21. Be honest in everything.
22. Do good to all men. Be thankful for everything people do for you, and look for ways to bless them.

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