Bullying(2 sections)
BULLYING
Aggressive bullying
There are two types of bullying that can happen in marriage, by either sex.
One is aggressive bullying, often a loud voice, too often with physical demonstrations,
either with physical attacks on the person,
or door-slamming, table-pounding,
dish-throwing or other behavior, designed to intimidate.
Aggressive bullying is easy to spot and is a blemish on its practitioners.
The other is passive bullying, explained below.
BULLYING
Passive bullying...nagging.
Passive bullying is...nagging.
It is the intention to rule, without the power to overpower -
an attempt to claim an authority that may - or may not exist.
And it's not just wives. Male employees can also be quite good at this.
You would know this after managing work crews for a while.
They cannot be happy unless everything is done their way.
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A lot of people are like this with God. Here is an account of Paul, the Apostle was wrestling with some kind of medical issue, and he prayed for healing:
2 Corinthians 12:
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh,
a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,
so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Sometimes God allows difficulties from Satan, to work God's greater purpose, as Paul stated.
Paul almost nagged God, but God shut him down. It's important that we not nag-pray.
Sometimes I get tired of saying the same old things to God everyday,
and instead, I just read a chapter of the Bible to Him as my prayer time.
See, I don't have a perfect balance on all of God's - stuff. But we keep pushing into Scripture.