how to hug a vampire

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HOW TO HUG A VAMPIRE (Learning To Love The People Who Suck The Life Of You!) (1) We All Suck Romans 12:9-18… Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 IF IT IS POSSIBLE, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

REAL LIFE… “LIFE SUCKERS”…

1. People who approach life with a HIGH SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT… but have a very low sense of GRATITUDE! 2. People who are always making WITHDRAWALS… but rarely make any DEPOSITS! 3. People who always EXPECT THEIR RIGHTS to be heard… but FORSAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES! 4. People who DON’T… FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR COMMITMENTS! 5. People who think WHATEVER THEY’RE DEALING WITH… is the MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD! 6. People who TALK SO MUCH… but LISTEN SO LITTLE! 7. People who always EXCUSE THEIR OWN ISSUES… but find it necessary to FIND THE FAULTS IN OTHERS! 8. People who FREAK OUT… when they are faced with the SLIGHTEST INCONVENIENCE! 9. People who don’t wanna put forth much EFFORT… but they want AWESOME RESULTS! 10. People who are QUICK to BRAG ABOUT THEIR ACCOMPLISMENTS… but are SLOW to ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR DEFFICIENCIES! 11. People who are constant to COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR LIVES… even though there are TONS OF PEOPLE who would LOVE TO TRADE PLACES WITH THEM! Few Things You Need To Know about HOW TO HUG A VAMPIRE…

1. LOVING the PEOPLE who SUCK THE LIFE OUT OF YOU… Starts with realizing HOW MUCH… “YOU” SUCK TOO! Romans 7:21-25… So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my

inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. Romans 5:8… But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 1 Timothy 1:15-16… Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. Matthew 7:1-5a… “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 YOU HYPOCRITE!... Matthew 7:5b… …first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

2. BEFORE you can begin to LOVE the PEOPLE who SUCK THE LIFE OUT OF YOU… You’ve got to DEFINE your OWN PROPERTY LINES! YOU can give UN-RESTRICTED LOVE… without giving UN-RESTRICTED ACCESS… TO EVERYBODY! Psalm 1:1… Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, Proverbs 4:23… Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Matthew 16:23… Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Matthew 18:15-17… “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector. Titus 3:10… Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.

GOD’S COMMAND for you to LOVE EVERYONE… is not PERMISSION for you to

MISMANAGE the INVESTMENT that HE’S PUT INSIDE OF YOU! Galatians 6:1-5… Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 CARRY EACH OTHER’S BURDENS, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3 If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. 4 Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, 5 FOR EACH ONE SHOULD CARRY THEIR OWN LOAD.

3. You’ve got to stay FULL of GOD’S PRESENCE YOURSELF… Or you won’t have ANYTHING to GIVE to ANYBODY ELSE! Matthew 11:28-30… “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”