How to Handle Mistreatment
Ernest Easley
Psalm 26:1-8
Now as your finding Psalm 26 in your Bible . . . I want to conduct a one question survey this morning. Now for the survey to be valid .. you must agree to be honest. Now don't panic . . . the survey won't embarrass you.
? So .. if you're willing to be honest this morning .. just say ''Amen.'' All right here's the survey question: If you've been mistreated or feel that you've been mistreated by somebody recently . . . I want you to indicate that by raising your right hand. Now some of you perhaps were mistreated by a spouse. Perhaps you feel you were mistreated by a parent! For you . . . it was your boss that mistreated you. For others . . . you may feel you've been mistreated by somebody in your Sunday School class or somebody else in the church.
Well . . .. you need to know that mistreatment can become a malignancy in your life if it's mishandled! And if you mishandle times of mistreatment . . . you'll be driven by revenge. And the problem with revenge is that it never gets what it wants! Revenge never evens the score! Gandhi was right when he said that ''if we live by 'an eye for an eye', the whole world will be blind!'' Well .. that's what I want to talk to you about this morning: How To Handle Times of Mistreatment. I want to show you from Psalm 26 what to do when you get mistreated. Not ''if'' you get mistreated. But ''when'' you get mistreated because it's just a matter of time.
Well .. that's what David is talking about here in Psalm 26. He knew what it was to be mistreated! He learned how to properly handle it and that's what you need to learn . . . and I'll tell you why: if you don't .. you'll become miserable and unhappy and you'll make those around you miserable too. And if you don't believe me . . . how many of you like to be around people that are bitter and unforgiving and full of resentment? Friend .. let me tell you something about life: Life is too short to spend it full of bit ...
Ernest Easley
Psalm 26:1-8
Now as your finding Psalm 26 in your Bible . . . I want to conduct a one question survey this morning. Now for the survey to be valid .. you must agree to be honest. Now don't panic . . . the survey won't embarrass you.
? So .. if you're willing to be honest this morning .. just say ''Amen.'' All right here's the survey question: If you've been mistreated or feel that you've been mistreated by somebody recently . . . I want you to indicate that by raising your right hand. Now some of you perhaps were mistreated by a spouse. Perhaps you feel you were mistreated by a parent! For you . . . it was your boss that mistreated you. For others . . . you may feel you've been mistreated by somebody in your Sunday School class or somebody else in the church.
Well . . .. you need to know that mistreatment can become a malignancy in your life if it's mishandled! And if you mishandle times of mistreatment . . . you'll be driven by revenge. And the problem with revenge is that it never gets what it wants! Revenge never evens the score! Gandhi was right when he said that ''if we live by 'an eye for an eye', the whole world will be blind!'' Well .. that's what I want to talk to you about this morning: How To Handle Times of Mistreatment. I want to show you from Psalm 26 what to do when you get mistreated. Not ''if'' you get mistreated. But ''when'' you get mistreated because it's just a matter of time.
Well .. that's what David is talking about here in Psalm 26. He knew what it was to be mistreated! He learned how to properly handle it and that's what you need to learn . . . and I'll tell you why: if you don't .. you'll become miserable and unhappy and you'll make those around you miserable too. And if you don't believe me . . . how many of you like to be around people that are bitter and unforgiving and full of resentment? Friend .. let me tell you something about life: Life is too short to spend it full of bit ...
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