In his book Pilgrim Heart, Darryl Tippens offers some reasons to say no:
- When yes is really about building one’s material wealth or enhancing one’s ego, rather than advancing a good or essential cause; in other words when yes is about me
- When yes hurts those you love
- When one’s yes is prompted by an automatic, uncritical response, rather than the product of self-examination, prayer, and discernment
- When one finds oneself growing weaker and weaker, spiritually speaking, the more one does
- When one finds oneself fulfilling a lower good, while sacrificing a higher one
- And when one finds, at the end of the day, one is becoming someone he or she doesn’t even like.
How do you practice saying "no" in your own life?
I keep reading and reading this blog. Powerful! Really good thoughts! I have come up with a slogan in my own walk: Every decision in life involves a sacrifice of some kind - you better make positively certain you are willing to sacrifice what you are sacrificing. You just gotta know it! Blessings in your ministry as you proclaim the name of the Lord and draw people into His sweet presence.
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