Do You Have Boundaries?
Are You Ready to Set and Have Healthy Boundaries?
Is your life controlled by someone else?
Is your time monopolized by someone else?
Is your schedule dictated by someone else?
If your response is, “That’s me!”… then you need boundaries.
From sidelines to state lines, boundaries are everywhere. They provide structure and stability. Without them, we’re likely to be hurt or taken advantage of. If you are a “people-pleaser” and have trouble saying No, then you need boundaries. Sometimes we need to say No to people so we can say Yes to God. Boundaries are needed in all areas of life and they can be difficult to establish and even harder to maintain. These Keys for Living show how you can set boundaries – and keep them. Learn how to say No to people so you can say Yes to God.
We cannot be or do everything for anyone, much less everyone, so we must choose who we will be and what we will do regarding the people God brings into our lives. Jesus established boundaries for His relationships by prioritizing the Father… discipling the Twelve… and being intimate with the few. He also set boundaries on His actions…
Do You Have Boundaries?
Is your life controlled by someone else? Is your schedule dictated by someone else? Do you say yes to everyone and no to no one? Do you find yourself easily taken advantage of? Are you feeling stretched beyond your limits? Are you meeting yourself coming and going?
Are you over committed, in over your head, always burning the candle at both ends? Do you try to be everything to everyone? Is your life swallowed up by someone else’s life? If your response is, “That’s me!” ... then you need boundaries!
It may be increasingly obvious that you need to know where your responsibilities end and someone else’s begin. You need to say yes to God and no to everything that’s not His will. Yes, you need ... boundaries!
Like nations, relationships rise and fall based on the security of the boundaries that guard and protect them. If we try to be everyone’s best friend, we will be no one’s best friend. We all have limits on our time and on our emotional and physical energy.
We cannot be or do everything for anyone, much less everyone. We must choose who we will be and what we will do regarding the people God brings into our lives. Jesus established boundaries for His relationships by prioritizing the Father ... discipling the Twelve ... and being intimate with the few. He also set boundaries on His actions. ...
“Jesus gave them this answer: ‘Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. ... By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.’” (John 5:19, 30)
