Criticism is INEVITABLE. 

CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism can be LIFE-CHANGING.

If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise. If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding. Proverbs 15:31–32 (NLT)

How do we deal with CONSTANTLY CRITICAL PEOPLE?

Then I prayed, “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land! Do not ignore their guilt. Do not blot out their sins, for they have provoked you to anger here in front of the builders.” Nehemiah 4:4–5 (NLT)

PRAY through the Criticism

FIVE PRAYERS TO PRAY WHEN DEALING WITH CRITICISM:

PRAYER #1: How should I RESPOND?

PRAYER #2: Help me to know when to DISMISS the criticism.

PRAYER #3: Help me become less SENSITIVE to criticism.

PRAYER #4: Keep me FOCUSED. 

PRAYER #5: Make me BOLDER.

BOTTOM LINE:

Criticism never changes the world.

THE CHALLENGE:

Pray: God help ME overcome MY critical nature