Too often, in our effort to relate to others, we begin telling them our stories. Imagine sharing a wonderful memory with a friend, and in their desire to connect, they override your story, telling you about their fantastic experience.
You quietly set aside whatever you were anxious to share and make it all about them. While there can be a place to connect to another person with your life’s narrative, it is more important to dive into their story and listen to their suffering, whatever it may be.
Sometimes you will hear this when people say, “I know how you feel,” and they launch into their experiences. The truth is, the comforter does not know how you feel—not precisely. https://lifeovercoffee.com/seven-tips-to-help-your-friends-who-are-going-through-suffering/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
