Why do I warn you about the tactics and reactions of the narcissists? Simple they are growing in numbers, we need not be intimidated by them.
The more we reach the end of the church age the more we will see people acting irrationally, without good sense and without empathy or kindness toward others.
If we know what we are seeing we need not be intimidated or goated into responding in anger. Remaining calm and unreactive is the best way to handle those who attempt to provoke us.
Narcissists hate those who are loving and calm, it is their goal to cause us to act badly through prodding and polking so they can feel justified in how terrible they act.
We have the power of Christ in us, we need not be left to the power of our feelings. We can render our feelings inert simply by ignoring them. Over time we will not even have the frustration of feelings dogging us because we have learned the cause and purpose of the narcissist.
James 1:2-8 "2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. "
Do not give the narcissist what they need....that is narcissistic supply through our fallen emotions.
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