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128. How Jesus Handled Difficult People
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In this episode, Rebekah Anne Perkins discusses how Jesus handled difficult people. She explores various scenarios where Jesus interacted with people who were trying to trap him, had evil intent, rejected him, had selfish ambition, and grumbled and complained. With a focus on the importance of responding with love, patience, humility, forgiveness, and wisdom when dealing with difficult people, she also highlights the need to seek alone time and build up reserves of love and compassion to handle these situations well.
Keywords: Jesus, difficult people, handling difficult people, love, patience, humility, forgiveness, wisdom, protection, directness
Key Quotes:
"Pray now and ask God that in the moment he will help you to turn the conversation in a way that's not inflammatory to those people, but also in a way that shifts it away from what they're trying to do to you."
"Be direct with difficult people, speaking the truth in love."
"Give the person who hurt you a chance to explain and restore the relationship, if possible."
Chapters
00:00 How Jesus responded to people who were trying to trap him
11:48 How Jesus handled people who had evil intent
24:28 How Jesus handled people who had selfish ambition
30:23 How Jesus dealt with people who grumbled and complained
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