{"id":2099,"date":"2019-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucbasiapacific.org\/2019\/03\/09\/some-people-cant-be-helped-2\/"},"modified":"2019-03-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T14:00:00","slug":"some-people-cant-be-helped-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/some-people-cant-be-helped-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Some People Can\u2019t Be Helped (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018They refused to pay attention, stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.\u2019 Zechariah 7:11 NIV<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accept it\u2014some people simply aren\u2019t ready to change! They\u2019ll demand your time and energy, but when you get right down to it, they won\u2019t pay the price for progress. Who are they? <\/p>\n

(1) People who want to talk but not listen.<\/i> James speaks about two kinds of people\u2014hearers and doers. \u2018Prove yourselves doers of the Word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.\u2019<\/i> (James 1:22 NASB) Instead of striving endlessly to meet other people\u2019s needs, try to connect them to the One who can. They should be dependent on the Lord, not you. <\/p>\n

(2) People who don\u2019t think you\u2019re qualified to help them.<\/i> Jesus wasn\u2019t respected in His home town, yet He was the very person they needed (see John 1:11\u201312). Opportunity doesn\u2019t always knock; sometimes it stands by, waiting to be recognised! When people are unwilling to accept your help and advice, chances are they may not be ready to grow and deal with their problems. <\/p>\n

(3) People who want what you have, but not what you know.<\/i> These people want to be rescued but not instructed; comforted but not corrected. And when you keep bailing them out instead of teaching them how to live, you\u2019re not really helping them. David said, \u2018It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn Your decrees.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm 119:71 NIV) <\/p>\n

Often people have to experience the pain of what\u2019s wrong before they appreciate the wisdom of what\u2019s right. So when it comes to helping people\u2014be discerning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

SoulFood<\/a>: Exo 39\u201340, Luke 15:11\u201332, Ps 135, Pro 7:21\u201323<\/p>\n

The Word for Today<\/em> is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright \u00a9<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018They refused to pay attention, stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.\u2019 Zechariah 7:11 NIV Accept it\u2014some people simply aren\u2019t ready to change! They\u2019ll demand your time and energy, but when you get right down to it, they won\u2019t pay the price for progress. Who are they? (1) People who want to talk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}