Last week I was thinking about all the Christian character traits there are that I, as a Christian, want to possess. I was thinking about how many I have and how many more I want to attain and just doing a self-inventory of the godliness in my life and how I can improve all the more and be my absolute best. Each and every day, striving my guts out to be more like our Father.
Then, my sin nature started thinking, “Well, why do we want to be perfect anyway? I mean, when we die, we will go to Heaven and be instantly perfect, right? So, what’s the point of it anyway?”
While there are many points of it, like being a good witness to the world around us, to our families, to our children, and encouraging others in their walks in Christ also, there was one reason that really hit me hard that God brought to my mind very quickly.
If we don’t continually strive to be like Jesus, we take God for granted!
Oh. Even SAYING that sentence crushes my spirit. Oh Lord, NO! No, I NEVER want to take advantage of you, your grace, your kindness. I always want to be well-pleasing in your sight, every moment of every day.
Working to become more godly is a result of having an immense love of the Father. The more you love Him, the more you want to please Him, the more you pour out your entire life, as a drink offering TO Him. I pray, like you, that I am worthy of this calling. That I make God happy, not just as an overall thing because of HIS grace which He lavishly pours out on us, but as a fruit of my love for Him each and every single day!
That’s my prayer today. Make me more like You, Lord. Lift me up, raise me up, raise my character, and grow me more into being more of who You can use!
Check out the Christian character traits A-Z below. You’ll definitely want to bookmark this page and refer to it often! 💎
Christian Character Traits A – Z
There are a TON of character traits here. My best advice is to start with one or two at a time, otherwise you’ll get overwhelmed. Then, as you feel like you have a good handle on one, move to the next. Day after day, year after consistent year, you’ll see continued success and growth, but don’t forget to continue to work on ones you already have a handle on. Sometimes, they have a way of sneaking back up into our lives, so be sure to keep them in check. ❤️
Ready?!…
- Accountable
- Affection
- Ambition
- Attentive – to the needs of others
- Authentic – with everyone
- Balanced
- Beautiful
- Blameless
- Bold
- Brave
- Calm
- Capable – with God by our side
- Careful
- Caring
- Charitable
- Cleanliness
- Clever
- Comforting
- Commendable
- Commitment
- Community-Oriented
- Compassionate
- Confident
- Consistent
- Content
- Contributing
- Courageous
- Credible
- Decisive
- Dedicated
- Dependable
- Determined
- Devotion
- Dignified
- Disciplined
- Empathetic
- Enduring
- Enthusiastic
- Ethical
- Excellent
- Fairness
- Faithful
- Focus
- Forgiving
- Free (freedom)
- Friendly
- Generous
- Gentle
- Giving
- Godly
- Goodness
- Gracious
- Gratitude
- Growth
- Happy
- Hard Working
- Harmonious
- Holy
- Honest
- Honor
- Hopeful
- Humility
- Individuality
- Insightful
- Inspiring
- Integrity
- Intelligent
- Joyful
- Just
- Kindness
- Knowledgable
- Lawful
- Leader
- Lovely
- Loving
- Loyal
- Maturity
- Meek
- Model – being a good witness to others, worthy of following
- Motivated
- Obedience
- Openness
- Optimism
- Order
- Original
- Passionate
- Patience
- Peace
- Persevering
- Positivity
- Powerful – prayers
- Prayerful
- Pure
- Rejoicing
- Respectful
- Responsible
- Righteous
- Secure
- Self-Controlled
- Self-Motivated
- Selfless
- Sensitive – to the needs of others
- Serving
- Sharing
- Sincere
- Spiritual
- Stable
- Steadfast
- Steward
- Strength
- Structure
- Submissive
- Successful
- Supportive
- Teachable
- Team Oriented
- Thankful
- Thorough
- Tolerant
- Tranquil
- Transparent
- Trustworthy
- Understanding
- Unique
- Upright
- Welcoming
- Wise
- Worshipping
And ultimately desiring to be…
- Perfect – as our Father is perfect
