A Prayer for Loving Difficult People

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Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 30 May 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:00.0	A prayer for loving difficult people by Mary Sutherland. By this all men will know that you are my disciples if you love one another.
0:22.1	John 1335. you love is God's love. It looks beyond abrasive behavior to see and
0:29.6	meet the real needs hidden there. Meeting a need in the life of a
0:33.8	sandpaper person can be messy and usually demands a
0:37.2	sacrifice of some kind on our part. It is easy to simply placate or avoid
0:42.4	difficult people than it is to love them the way they need to be loved, not in a way that makes their life easier.
0:50.0	For example, when we see that sandpaper person coming, we turn around and head in the opposite
0:55.0	direction.
0:56.5	When the caller ID shows the name of a sandpaper person in our life, we do not answer.
1:02.0	Heard conversations replace a listening heart.
1:05.3	We offer tolerance instead of acceptance.
1:09.1	And God is not pleased.
1:11.6	He is committed to our character, not our comfort. God wants us to love each other in the same way that he loves unconditionally. In fact, God wants us to love in such a way that the people around us will
1:26.4	know we are fully devoted followers of Christ. I wonder what our relationships would look
1:31.8	like if we did love the way Jesus loves us.
1:36.1	Nowhere in the Bible will you find the words.
1:38.5	When you feel like it, love others.
1:40.5	Nope, it is not in there. The Bible tells us to practice love. Love is an ongoing
1:47.6	and very deliberate choice, not an emotion or a feeling. I challenge you to step out in faith today and choose to love that difficult
1:56.2	person in your life the way Jesus loves you. Let's pray.
2:08.0	Father, I have to thank you for looking beyond my fault and for loving me unconditionally.
2:12.0	Forgive me when I fail to love others in the same way.
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