Don’t be a pushover

“All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” -(Matthew 5:37 NIV)
“All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” -(Matthew 5:37 NIV)

There are times in our lives when we have to say “no” to requests made of us, and we may feel guilty about it, wishing that we could grant the request.

I often find myself asking what the Christian response should be to these requests, or, in other words, what would Jesus do? It is tempting to think that we should say “yes” to every request made of us, especially if we are “people- pleasers,” but t…