Dare to be FREE 1. What in your life is enslaving you? I really have to think hard about this one. I don't have an obvious sinful vice in my life right now - thank you Jesus. I had to ask myself: What am I allowing to steal my joy and what behavior patterns can I trace back to figure it out? What are some things I've been wanting to change? I have really been working on how I talk to my kids. Over the weekend, at the BLOOM conference, I realized how I need to take responsibility for my reactions to their behavior. No matter how irritating they are (and I need to ask myself why am I really so irritated as well), I am to show them the love of God. In the midst of their mistakes I am to love them like our Heavenly Father. I have to be a teacher, like Jesus, not an executioner of continuous punishment. How has my personality been guiding their behavior down the wrong paths? To sum it up, my lack of grace has been enslaving me. My pride - constantly criticizing, pointing out...