The Remedy for Stubbornness

My family is stubborn.  They used to call my Dad "hard-head".  There is a true story about when he was a teenager a kid from the other side of a wall in their housing project through a brick over the wall that hit my Dad on the forehead with no damage to my Dad's head.  You should have seen the brick!  I definitely inherited stubbornness and can be very strong-willed, convinced that I'm right.  God's word is the only remedy to my stubbornness.

Why do we read and share the story of God with each other and with the world?

Psalm 78
"so the next generation would know them [God's commands and stories of his power],
a children yet to be born,
and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God
and would not forget His deeds
but would keep His commandments.
They would not be like their ancestors,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to Him.  
...
they willfully put God to the test,
by demanding the food that they craved.
...
In spite of all this they kept on sinning,
in spite of His wonders they did not believe.
...
Again and again they put the Lord God to the test."

As the Psalm's story continues: ultimately God saved even the stubborn hearts of Israel and caused His presence to dwell among them.

Lord Jesus, let your word soften our stubborn hearts and cause your presence to dwell even with us.