Stop trying to reason, persuade, defend. Let go of all your earth-born powers. Yield to Me in all things. Just quietly accept, forgive and serve. I do the rest.
1 Peter 5:5 Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.