Dealing with difficult people

Series: Created for Community

Date preached: 20th October 2024

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

Today’s message …

Why do Christian churches get together weekly? Why do Christians eat together and hang out together? In this series we explore the idea of “Christian community”, looking at what it is and why it’s been so important to followers of Jesus for thousands of years. One of teh biggest challenges in any community is dealing with “difficult people” that we find there. Jesus knew this and in this message we hear him talk directly about how to deal with difficult people … and then we think about what that means for us today.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What’s the first thing you think about when someone says that someone else is “difficult”?

2. What is one thing that really stuck out to you in this message?

3. What’s the hardest part about “doing good” to difficult people?

4. How would your life change if you responded to difficult people like Jesus did … with kindness and love?

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