A Prayer for Dealing with People Who Bring You Down by Carey Lawrence

A servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but be kind to everyone, be able to teach and

be patient with difficult people.

Second Timothy 2-24.

We all have people in our lives who try to bring us down.

You may have that one parent that tries to bring you down all the time.

You could have a boss that is always criticizing you.

Maybe you have a friend that is very subtle and tearing you down.

It is so easy to get frustrated and angry at people who act like this.

It is also easy to take their words to heart, cause them to stop us in our tracks, and never

pursue the dream that the Lord has planted in us.

As Christians, how should we deal with people like this?

Remember our value and worth.

We must remember that our worth and value is not in those around us.

Our value and worth are in the Lord.

We all have value because we have all been blessed with talents and gifts.

He has created all of us uniquely, and we are all valuable to him beyond measure.

We must turn the other cheek and keep moving ahead.

When people try to bring us down, we must let it fall on deaf ears.

We need to continue to pursue the dreams the Lord has placed in us and the roads on which

He is leading us.

If we are having an off day at work, we must forgive ourselves for the mistakes we make

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