4 WAY TO COPING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE

LIGHT FOR THE WAY

(Daily Devotional)

Saturday 4th October 2017

TOPIC:    4 WAYS TO COPING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE

TEXT:  “A friend loveth at all times… (Proverbs 17:17kjv)

We all encounter those people who are either difficult to live with or work with. They may be negative Thomas or know it Peter, either way they can create a very frustrating work environment or hostile livelihood to us if you let them. Here are some ways you can meet the challenge head on:

1) Don’t join them: Don’t allow yourself get caught up in the negative ‘Do me I do you’ trap of negative behavior. Even if your colleague gets away with been difficult, know that there are people watching them, but more importantly people are watching your reaction to them. Be willing to exhibit grace under fire and stay above the fray.

2) Silence is not always golden: You might say listening without saying anything is the path of least resistance. Part of meeting the challenges difficult people represent is finding your voice and challenging their false assumptions, interpretations and believes. Your failure to do so may be interpreted as agreement by both the difficult person and the people around you.

3) Focus on the behavior and not on the person: When giving feedbacks or addressing the issues, emphasize the person’s action instead of the person. Providing feedbacks focus on three things: The situation, the behavior the person exhibit and the impact of their behavior on you or the situation.

4) Challenge absolute statements: difficult people live in a world of black and white without the skill to navigate the many shades of grey that workplace and family creates. They use such absolutes like ‘always and never’. For instance they might say ‘Mary is always late’. But it’s always good to challenge the fact the person in question was late that day but was early other days.

Above all with the love of God flowing through us we can look at such difficult people as one in whom God is still perfecting His work. This perspective will make pray for them and help in nurturing them to maturity in God.

ACTION PLAN FOR TODAY

Endeavour to see everyone you meet as a project in the hand of God and relate with them as such.

WORD CONFESSION

I am an evidence that Jesus Christ is alive and at work. Today I declare that I am a new creature, I am not whom I used to be, I don’t do things I used to do, my heart is filled with God’s love. So I love the unlovable in Jesus name

PRAYER POINTS

*Father God, thank you for bringing me and my family into this great and wonderful weekend in Jesus name

*Father God, give me the grace and the patience to relate with those you have put in my life in Jesus name

*Father God, let your love flow through my heart to love the unlovable in Jesus name

*Father God, I pray for your transformation power on……………………….so he/she will be a better person in Jesus name

*Father God, let your transformation power rest on me so I can be a person in Jesus name

*Father God, let the power of the new life begin to flow in my family and office in Jesus name

*Thank you Father God for hearing and answering my prayers in Jesus name

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Isaiah 44:24-28, Isaiah 45, Isaiah 46; Galatians 4:21-31, Galatians 5:1-6; Psalm 108:6-13

SUCCESS QUOTE OF THE DAY

“No man is superior who feel superior to his fellow men but he is superior who feels superior to his former self”

PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS FOR TODAY

I declare the God of restorations will visit you and give you double joy for all your troubles in Jesus name

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