Wrong Attitudes- The Perfectionist, Part 1 (TMF:573)

Wednesday, February 01, 2017
Peace to Live By: Wrong Attitudes- The Perfectionist, Part 1 (TMF:573) - Daniel Litton
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       For our second area of discussion today, let's talk about having a perfectionistic attitude. One way we can suffer from a perfectionistic attitude is when we obtain what I call an 'All or none' attitude in life. This is when we are too quick to pass judgment on others and on certain situations that occur in our life. We may see a fellow brother or sister sin and say, "See, I told you that person wasn't a Christian." But in judging a person on one event or action, we are usually incorrect in our judgment. A person is worth more than one event, and this is even true sometimes when the sin is a big sin. Another thing that can happen to us is that we may feel that because we have failed, say, a couple times at doing something, that we will never be able to do it. We may develop an 'I can't do it' attitude. I myself have suffered from this attitude from time to time in my own life. But just ask successful people like Donald Trump or Michael Jordan, just to pick a couple random examples. If they had given up when they failed at something, they never would have obtained the successes they have today. We have to keep trying no matter what.