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being asked of you violates your conscience and the laws of God. For example, if a person who is a designated authority over your life asks you to do something that is wrong, or if that person says or does something to you that is inappropriate and violates what is right in the sight of God, you must decline to be a party to it and declare it to be wrong. But you don’t have to scream at the person saying, “You idiot! You fool! What is the matter with you? Get behind me, Satan!” Instead, give them a respectful explanation such as, “With all due respect, I believe that what you are asking me to do is a violation of the laws of God, and I could not with any good conscience do it, knowing it would bring God’s judgment on us both.” Or “What you just said and did to me is offensive in the eyes of God, and I must tell you that such inappropriate behavior will not serve either of us well.” The difference between having a submitted heart and one that is not is that one will garner blessings for you and the other will get you into trouble. Jesus Himself was submitted to God. His priorities were de?nitely in order. God wants that “this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:5-8). Now that’s submission! It would seem that if anyone might not have to be in perfect submission it would be Jesus. Yet in order to accomplish God’s purpose for His life, He was submitted to the will of the