TD Jakes - Counterintuitive Disciplines - Part 2

No one is immune to life’s hardships and traumas. The Syrophoenician woman, despite being called a dog by Jesus himself, was undeterred from her mission to see her daughter freed from a demon. Instead, she employed tactical empathy to negotiate with the Lord. How often do we allow ourselves to be distracted from the mission God has given us by hurt feelings or frustrating interactions? We can respond to hardships by sinking into depression, or instead by rooting ourselves in determination! The sun that melts wax can also harden clay.