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Is your life controlled by someone else? <\/strong><\/p>\n Is your time monopolized by someone else? <\/strong><\/p>\n Is your schedule dictated by someone else? <\/strong><\/p>\n If your response is, \u201cThat\u2019s me!\u201d<\/strong>\u2026 then you need boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n From sidelines to state lines, boundaries are everywhere. They provide structure and stability. Without them, we\u2019re likely to be hurt or taken advantage of. \u00a0If you are a \u201cpeople-pleaser\u201d and have trouble saying <\/span>No<\/em>, then you need boundaries. Sometimes we need to say <\/span>No<\/em> to people so we can say <\/span>Yes\u00a0<\/em>to God. Boundaries are needed in all areas of life and they can be difficult to establish and even harder to maintain. These\u00a0<\/span>Keys for Living<\/em>\u00a0show how you can set boundaries \u2013 and keep them. Learn how to say\u00a0<\/span>No<\/em>\u00a0to people so you can say\u00a0<\/span>Yes<\/em>\u00a0to God.<\/span><\/p>\n We cannot be or do everything for anyone, much less everyone, so we must choose who we will be and what we will do regarding the people God brings into our lives. Jesus established boundaries for His relationships by prioritizing the Father\u2026 discipling the Twelve\u2026 and being intimate with the few. He also set boundaries on His actions\u2026<\/p>\n Is your life controlled by someone else? Is your schedule dictated by someone else? Do you say yes to everyone and no to no one? Do you find yourself easily taken advantage of? Are you feeling stretched beyond your limits? Are you meeting yourself coming and going?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Are you over committed, in over your head, always burning the candle at both ends? Do you try to be everything to everyone? Is your life swallowed up by someone else\u2019s life? If your response is, \u201cThat\u2019s me!\u201d … then you need boundaries!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It may be increasingly obvious that you need to know where your responsibilities end and someone else\u2019s begin. You need to say yes to God and no to everything that\u2019s not His will. Yes, you need … boundaries!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Like nations, relationships rise and fall based on the security of the boundaries that guard and protect them. If we try to be everyone\u2019s best friend, we will be no one\u2019s best friend. We all have limits on our time and on our emotional and physical energy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We cannot be or do everything for anyone, much less everyone. We must choose who we will be and what we will do regarding the people God brings into our lives. Jesus established boundaries for His relationships by prioritizing the Father … discipling the Twelve … and being intimate with the few. He also set boundaries on His actions. …\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJesus gave them this answer: \u2018Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. … By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.\u2019\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/em>(John 5:19, 30)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nDo You Have Boundaries?\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n