Consulting God

In the old books of the Bible telling stories about David's reign as God's chosen king, David once made a mistake of not consulting God and the result was... constant loss in battle. Like David, we tend to be self reliant simply because that is something we can account for, but relying on God is much much more reliable. We can never control the circumstances we are in but God can, also, instead of constant pleading and begging for things, we must thank Him and praise Him instead for every single problem that came accross you, and every single good thing He did for you. Those circumstances were all useful to make you as you are right now.

Also, never look at other people's short comings. You know it well enough as I do, we are as imperfect as the other person. All of us are, but we must never look at their shortcomings, instead, look at ours and have a greater faith in God for He is happy the way He made us, so should we, and He's happy the way He made that other person, so should we.

Last thing, the Lord judges us based on what we know. for example. If you don't know that it's not good to tell people prank but hurtful things, you'll be forgiven, "ignorance" but once you already know that it's wrong, never do it again. Just like David's situation in the old books of the Bible, The king of Philistines delivered the Ark by a new cart which was forbidden according to the laws of Moses, David knew this but didn't act on it so He made a mistake. We should avoid doing the things we know are wrong, it is not excusable by ignorance, instead, you'll be branded as a fool.