Do you resent being manipulated? Do you understand that other people only have as much power over you as you give them? The degree to which you care about their opinion of you is the same degree that they will be able to influence you. The Bible warns against this as the fear of men, rather than the fear of God. I said that no man can serve two masters. Do you think of this as a simple binary choice between money and me? Anyone to whom you surrender control is your master. The more you see yourself as a subject in the kingdom that is not of this world the less people will be able to manipulate you.
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