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No More Christian Nice Girl by Paul Coughlin and Jennifer D. Degler

James 3:17

God's wisdom is FIRST pure, THEN peace-loving, etc... a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts.

SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE AND TRUST GOD WITH THE FALLOUT.

Father, show me the difference between cowardice and a gentle spirit.

How can I, Father, boldly put my future into Your hands? Where am I being timid? love for, or fear of?

Am I planting false niceness weeds in any relationships?

How can I "step up my game" and attract healthier friends?

"Conflict is the price you pay for intimacy."

What steps can I take to express anger assertively and appropriately?

Jesus rarely answered a question directly.

Who are my "balcony women"?

"When someone attempts to correct or rebuke you,... check for the blue lights because there are Self-Appointed Deputies of all That is Wrong in the Throng (SADTWITS).... who will try to pull you over on your journey and give you a citation...." God sends legitimate police officers to deliver respectful rebukes. The pretend police hand over their citations with a side order of shame, disrespect, and condemnation. I can ignore their words, change the subject, or even say, "I do not receive that from you" (192-193).

Job 23:10

"When He has tried me, I shall come forth as refined as gold [pure and luminous]."

2 Corinthians 4:17

"For this slight distress of the passing hour is ever more and more abundantly preparing and producing and achieving for us an everlasting weight of glory [beyond all measure, excessively surpassing all comparisons and all calculations, a vast and transcendent glory and blessedness never to cease!]."