Posts from September 2019

The conclusion of our “Those People” worship series may likely be the most difficult to live out in Christian Love. How do we love those critical of us? Sometimes negative people express their disfavor because of their own sour spirit. For these people, there is nothing that could be done well enough. Sometimes sensitive people cannot take the least bit critique because of their own fears or insecurities. “People pleasers” chase after acceptance like a dog after his tail. Most…

Have you ever been manipulated? Have you ever manipulated another for your own ends? The obvious question begs the obvious answer, doesn’t it? “Those People” are us people. To one degree or another, we’ve all manipulated others for our own purposes.So, this Sunday’s worship focus certainly applies to us all in one way or another, at one time or another. In reviewing the Biblical narrative, we’ll find there is one instance after another of someone manipulating someone else toward their…

The Overly Needy However you define them, the overly needy person lives life like an emotional black hole. You may keep pouring the Light of hope, assistance, care or time, but it seems to be swallowed up by and almost voluntary darkness. At best they are looking for symptom relief rather than deep, substantive change. At the end of the day, the overly-needy seems to kind of befriend their plight rather than openly receive the Light. The Temptation to offer…