CROSSROADS Principle 7: Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow Hiswill.

Step 10:

We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!

1 Corinthians 10:12 (NIV)

Take time to do a personal inventory

1. The what: "We continued to take personal inventory . . ."

Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.

(Lamentations 3:40 NIV)

Evaluate the good and the bad parts of our day

2. The why: ". . . and when we were wrong . . ."

If we say that we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth . . . we are lying and calling God a liar, for he says we have sinned."(1 John 1:8–10 TLB)

Need to admit our wrongs promptly

3. The then what: ". . . and promptly admitted it."

"This is how I want you to conduct yourself in these matters. If you enter our place of worship and, about to make an offering, you suddenly remember a grudgea friend has against you, abandon your offering, leave immediately, go to this friend and make things right. Then and only then, come back and work thingsout with God." (Matthew 5:23–24 MSG)