Love One Another - How to Deal with Difficult People in Your Life, Part 1

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast by Living on the Edge

Episode notes

Do you have a difficult person in your life - a person who makes you nuts? Do you wonder, "Is there a Godly response to this person?" If you’re faced with that person right now, join Chip as he shares how to deal with the difficult people in your life.

Main Points

Thesis: Sometimes the person we most want God to remove from our lives is the person we need the most.

Why? Because:

  • The way we treat difficult people reveals the true condition of our heart.
  • Difficult people cause us to grow in ways we couldn’t on our own.
  • The most distinguishing mark of Jesus’ followers is their love for those they would not and could not love on their own.
What does “bearing with” others look like?
  • With humility – See them and treat them as people of equal or superior value ... 
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