Daily Doses of Gospel "PiLLs": January 2016

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Dealing With Difficult Family, Friend, or Foe?

Never feel guilty for detaching yourself from toxic people be it family, friend, or foe. The Bible declares that as far as it depends on you to live in peace with others. Realistically, we know that peace is not always reciprocated as there are many who love strife and division.

So, how do we as Christians deal with difficult family members, friends, or foes? I'm about to help free some of you who have been struggling with a guilt trip for a long time. Humility is not stupidity. Matthew 10:13-14 says, "If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace. Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet."

Even as a Christian, you cannot help everybody. Not everybody wants to be helped. Not everyone desires peace even if you do. Some people are comfortable right where they are. Some people are dysfunctional because they choose to be. Even when you offer truth and the tools, the peace, the love, and forgiveness, they will still somehow blame you for their mishaps.

Hurting people hurt people and such would rather hold to their dirty smelly security blanket like Linus who always fell apart every time it was taken from him. Unfortunately, some people will die with their emotional disabilities, their dysfunction, and their disorders, and not because they are helpless, but because they (((refuse))) the help offered.

Learn to let people go. Remember, letting does not mean giving up (I cannot stress this enough). It simply means you have chosen to move on with your life and close the door to the drama and distress they steadily bring into your life. Some people are addicted to their past, their pain, and their problem like a drug addict. If you really love people, you will sincerely pray for them with hopes that one day they will open their hearts to Jesus and receive the healing and deliverance they so desperately need. You cannot change people; only GOD can.

Until then, it is okay to continue to love the unlovable, mean, and miserable people from a distance. You can pray for them as the Holy Spirit leads but you cannot allow yourself to be swept under the currents of their emotional hullabaloo. It is dangerous and even professional lifeguards can drown too.

You've got to keep it moving. This may be a hard pill to swallow, but swallow it anyways because it is the truth. Please remember that the same Sword of the Spirit that heals on one side will cut on the other. 

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Tilt your heart towards the SON!

Narda Goodson

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Saturday, January 2, 2016

Your Hang Ups Can Hang You If You Don't Let Go

I wouldn't remove or exchange any character in my life's story past or present. GOD used them to teach me. Some for bonding, some for wisdom, some for insight, but all for growth and learning life's lessons in what drives and motivates men's heart.

However, the LORD does not want us ignorant of the devil's schemes and devises in how he strategically uses people to get you off your Kingdom assignment. Learning to see beyond the pretentious smiles and flattery while maintaining a godly disposition hasn't always been easy. If one is not careful enough, it is easy to slip back into old habits, and like the Incredible Hulk, "you wouldn't like me when I'm angry" is a golden truth. Being angry and then acting on it, which is when sin is actually birthed, is way too easy. It takes more effort to discipline one's self in the Word and to purposely walk in Jesus' love. You should see what I really look like after I've had a fight with my SELF. After all, what flesh wants to be kept hostage and locked up, not seen, and never heard, right? Hah! She can put up a nasty, bloody, and brutal fight but I've had to learn to strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize (1 Corinthians 9:27).

But being wise as serpents and harmless as doves is what Jesus said we must be. That right there kills any ideas that may burn through the heart and mind for any type of revenge or paybacks. It is a balance the true believer must keep in order to maintain right standing with GOD. He didn't promise it would be easy, only that it is not impossible. Turn over to GOD all those difficult people in your life. They are too heavy for your heart, too ugly for the mind, and way too dangerous your hands. For the LORD has already promised in Isaiah 49:25 that He will contend with those that contend with you. Let your trials of life make you better not bitter! ~2016 Narda Goodson, Daily Doses of Gospel "PiLLs"

Scriptures to Meditate on:
Jeremiah 15:21
"I will save you from the hands of the wicked and deliver you from the grasp of the cruel."