When People Let You Down
Proverbs 19:11 ASV, Isaiah 53:3 ASV, Ezekiel 36:26 ASV, Luke 23:24 ASV and 1 Corinthians 4:12-13 ASV
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.RESULTS OF RELATIONAL LETDOWNS:•HARD HEART. •PRIDEFUL SPIRIT. •JUSTIFIED SIN. •REVENGEFUL ATTITUDE. GOD, HELP ME1)TO LIVE WITH THICKER SKIN.A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.Thicker Thoughts:•People will let you down, so stop hoping they won’t.•People can’t meet your needs, so stop hoping they will.…When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly…2) TO LOVE WITH A SOFTER HEART.Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.