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People Pleaser Problem
'Live purposefully' Ephesians 5:15
If you are a people pleaser then you have a people pleaser problem! People pleasers can fall into any of these six traps:
1. Become easily distracted - by what everyone else is doing;
2. Become easily persuaded - by other people's opinions and ideas;
3. Become miserable - trying to keep everyone else happy;
4. Never reach their potential - as they're too busy doing what everyone else wants them to do;
5. Have no real direction in life - because they're busy following everyone else around; and
6. Lose their own identity - because they become who everyone else wants them to be.
God says, 'Live purposefully.' He says, 'For I know the plans I have for you ... plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope' (Jer. 29:11 NLT). If all we do is people-please we will miss out on God's best for us. Mark Twain (the guy who wrote the classic books 'Huckleberry Finn' and 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer') once said, 'The secret of success is to make your vocation your vacation.'
In other words, love what you do and do what you love! God wants you to focus on who He has made you and to enjoy being you, using the gifts He's given you. So people-pleasing is out and God-pleasing is in. Are you courageous enough to follow your heart rather than the crowd?
written by Bob Gass
'Live purposefully' Ephesians 5:15
If you are a people pleaser then you have a people pleaser problem! People pleasers can fall into any of these six traps:
1. Become easily distracted - by what everyone else is doing;
2. Become easily persuaded - by other people's opinions and ideas;
3. Become miserable - trying to keep everyone else happy;
4. Never reach their potential - as they're too busy doing what everyone else wants them to do;
5. Have no real direction in life - because they're busy following everyone else around; and
6. Lose their own identity - because they become who everyone else wants them to be.
God says, 'Live purposefully.' He says, 'For I know the plans I have for you ... plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope' (Jer. 29:11 NLT). If all we do is people-please we will miss out on God's best for us. Mark Twain (the guy who wrote the classic books 'Huckleberry Finn' and 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer') once said, 'The secret of success is to make your vocation your vacation.'
In other words, love what you do and do what you love! God wants you to focus on who He has made you and to enjoy being you, using the gifts He's given you. So people-pleasing is out and God-pleasing is in. Are you courageous enough to follow your heart rather than the crowd?
written by Bob Gass
