Here is a little exercise I have found to helpful when dealing with sinful tendencies in my own life. (redeeminggod.com)
I do not believe that bad habits and sinful tendencies in your life are the results of evil spirits. (redeeminggod.com)
Discernment is not judgmentalism, it is wisdom; but discernment includes the recognition of our own sinful tendencies, including the instinctive self - righteous response, and reminds us, as Sister Helen Prejean discovered in her ministry to those awaiting capital punishment in prison that «people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.» (nakedpastor.com)