Difficult People: Manipulative People
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May 22, 2022

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Difficult People: Manipulative People

Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.” With such uu8 she prodded him day after day until

. —Judges 16:15-16

COMMON TACTICS OF MANIPULATORS

FLATTERY
THREATS
GUILT



BREAKING THE POWER OF MANIPULATION

  1. GOD, HELP ME RECOGNIZE WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING TO

    ME.

    From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter

    and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “ !” —Matthew 16:21-22


    How do you know if you’re being manipulated?
    • You often feel and find it hard to say “no.”
    • You compromise your to please others.

  2. GOD, EMPOWER ME TO PUT HEALTHY

    IN PLACE.

    Jesus turned and said to Peter, “

    , Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of , but the things of .” —Matthew 16:23


    If someone else has control, you are committing the sin of .



    Obviously, I’m not trying to be a ! No, I am trying to please God. If I were still trying to please people, I would not be . —Galatians 1:10 NLT

  3. GOD, HELP ME SEE

    OWN NEED TO CONTROL AND SURRENDER TO YOU.

    You will keep in

    all who , all whose thoughts are ! Trust in the , for the Lord God is the eternal Rock. —Isaiah 26:3-4 NLT