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“A faultfinding5 spirit is someone who engages in petty or nagging criticism and tends to make judgments based on personal opinions. We are admonished in the gospel of Matthew not to judge others, for when we judge others, we will also be judged. When”
― Healed from a Bent Condition
― Healed from a Bent Condition
“For me, though, the miracle stories written about Jesus in the four Gospels came alive in my spirit. They”
― Healed from a Bent Condition
― Healed from a Bent Condition
“Three types of spirits came to mind that ruin relationships and cause a great deal of dissension among the people of God: a judgmental spirit, a critical spirit, and a faultfinding spirit. A judgmental3 spirit is someone who is inclined to make judgments, especially moral or personal ones, about someone else. A critical4 spirit is someone who expresses disapproval by pointing out the faults or shortcomings of others. A faultfinding5 spirit is someone who engages in petty or nagging criticism and tends to make judgments based on personal opinions.”
― Healed from a Bent Condition
― Healed from a Bent Condition
“If you think about your own life and are honest with yourself, you will acknowledge that you have judged other people’s actions, behaviors, attitudes, circumstances, and faith in God. Maybe”
― Healed from a Bent Condition
― Healed from a Bent Condition
“As Christians, our assignment is to love our neighbors as ourselves and not chase them away from us because of opinionated and judgmental attitudes. I”
― Healed from a Bent Condition
― Healed from a Bent Condition
“As I think about my old mind-set now, I realize I was frowning upon what I thought others were believing, feeling and thinking. Without realizing it, I was devaluing their faith, intelligence, and integrity, as well as thinking of them as less than I was. I repented for my sin and asked Jesus to forgive me”
― Healed from a Bent Condition
― Healed from a Bent Condition
“We need the Holy Spirit to aid us in setting our house in order before we even think about finding fault with our fellow man. We need the Holy Spirit to reveal to us that our judgmental attitude has caused many people a great deal of torment, hardship, and pain.”
― Healed from a Bent Condition
― Healed from a Bent Condition
“It is important for you to understand that people will criticize you even if you don’t give them anything to criticize. Some people will find fault about what you are wearing. They will judge your actions without knowing what kind of directions your supervisor gave you to carry out a particular assignment. Some people will judge your attitude and your living environment. They will criticize the way you talk, walk, and eat. They will criticize the way you pray, dress, preach, teach, sing, and even cook. Some people will always find fault about anything and everything. It seems as if it is sometimes easier for people to focus on another person’s faults, problems, or issues so that they don’t have to cope with their own personal issues, shortcomings, and insecurities. My former pastor, who is now deceased, used to say, “I have six months to mind my own business and another six months to leave everybody else’s alone.” If we live with this kind of attitude, we will not have time to exercise a judgmental spirit or a spirit of criticism or faultfinding. We need to realize that when we criticize other people, we are not giving God glory. Instead, we are giving our opinion, which oftentimes leads to judging others and glorifying the works of the Devil and not God.”
― Healed from a Bent Condition
― Healed from a Bent Condition
