15/12/2016
*DEALING WITH PAIN* - _What's Your Approach In Dealing With Hurtful Situations?_
*AVOID the following COMMON APPROACHES*:
1⃣ *GIVING UP - Numbers 14:4*
_And they said to each other, “We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”_
🚶�🚶� *_You Don't Want Pain, So Quitting Seems To Be Your Easy Way Out._*
2⃣ *BLAME SELF OR OTHERS - Genesis 3:12*
_The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”_
👉🗣 *_You Take Comfort In Giving Excuses Rather Than Solving Your Problem._*
3⃣ *REVENGE - 2 Samuel 13:28*
_Absalom ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. ..”_
⚔😡 *_You Fix Wrong By Another Wrong_*
4⃣ *TELL THE WHOLE WORLD - Judg 19:29*
_When he reached home, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into ALL the areas of Israel._
🗣🌍 *_You Seem Love Sympathy From People More Than Solving the Problem_*
5⃣ *TELL NO ONE AND STRESS ALONE - 1 Kings 19:4*
_..Elijah.. went a day’s journey into the wilderness. ..... “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; ...”_
😪🚶�� *_You Isolate Yourself & Chose To Suffer Alone_*
6⃣ *I 'DON'T CARE' ATTITUDE - 1 Samuel 28:7*
_Saul then said .., “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.”_
🚬🍺 *_You Hate Pain To Such An Extent That You Don't Mind Losing Integrity Or Bending Rules To Come Out Of Pain_*
7⃣ *COMMIT CRIME - Gen 4:8*
_"...Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him."_
🔫💣 *_You Always Use The Wrong Way Out & You Think The Right Channels Take Long To Deliver Solutions._*
8⃣ *PUNISH EVERYONE - Matthew 2:16*
_"When Herod .... was furious, ... gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem ...."_
🐒🐍 *_You Become Difficult & Unpleasant To Everyone Around You As If Wanting To Forcefully Transfer Your Pain To Them_*