“Dear God save us from schemes against us. Save us from schemers acting concerned and friendly. Save us from haters. Save us from jealousy and hatred that may cause us to scheme against others…”
“…When we come to church we are in the same class. Knowingly or unknowingly, we start competing on who is better materially and worst of all spiritually. When one of us sins, we broadcast their sins loud, far and wide …
“Unfortunately when we are rejected, we think we are failures, yet it could be because we are successful! When we are rejected we blame ourselves and question ourselves yet the problem is with those who reject us.”
“Many times our admirers are strangers while haters are familiar people we least expected to turn against us. Haters major on identifying our faults to discourage us, while those who support should be busy with providing us with positive energy….”
Such people are everywhere. They are in secular and even religious settings. They are among the rich and among the poor. They are among the clergy and among the laity. They are everywhere in every country and region. Learn to …
We all want to succeed. What is required by God for us to succeed? Are we meeting God's requirement for success? Could lack of success be partly because we haven't met this expectation?