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POTTER'S TOUCH DEVOTIONAL WEDNESDAY 14TH MARCH, 2018 TODAY'S DEVOTION: EXTRA MERCY REQUIRED.

POTTER'S TOUCH DEVOTIONAL

WEDNESDAY 14TH MARCH, 2018

TODAY'S DEVOTION: EXTRA MERCY REQUIRED.

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE. "When a fool is annoyed, he quickly lets it be known. Smart people will ignore an insult” (Proverbs 12:16 GNT).

We all have people in our lives that get us angry or uncomfortable. I will like to call them EMR which stands for “Extra Mercy Required”. But have you ever thought that God puts them in your life to be our heavenly sandpaper. They may irritate us, but God uses them to take off our rough edges and shape our character. 

Some EMRs are minor irritations. They may do things slow to our expectations. Some of them may be more challenging. They say things that are unbelievable and tell you how they're always right.

Other EMRs may be just plain mean. They never say “thank you.” They can be rude and negative, demanding, demeaning, and disapproving. You just cannot make them happy, no matter how hard you try. Whatever you do, it’s not good enough. 

So what do you do with people like that? How can you show them mercy when you’d rather show them the door? I will  share steps to demonstrating mercy to the EMRs in your life.

First, look behind their behavior. When you’re dealing with people who are offensive and irritating, you need to look past their behavior to their pain. When people are hurting others, it’s because they’re hurting on the inside. Hurting people hurt people. They’re full of fear and insecurity. They may have a painful past, or be dealing with some pressure that you don’t know about. 

You need to ask yourself why they are acting the way they are. Why are they being short with you? Did they have a fight with their husband or wife today? Is everything okay with their kids? Are they in financial trouble? Is something going on with their health? What’s the thorn in their foot that’s causing them to be mean to everybody else around them?

You look past the behavior and look at the pain and try to understand. 

The Bible says, “When a fool is annoyed, he quickly lets it be known. Smart people will ignore an insult” 
(Proverbs 12:16 GNT). Why do wise people ignore an insult? Because they look behind the behavior to the pain. When you understand a person’s pain, it helps you respond with patience.

TODAY'S QUESTIONS.

How do you respond to the Extra Mercy Required people in your life?

What have you discovered when you looked behind someone’s behavior?

How does your own pain influence your behavior?

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