Here's a common dysfunction in families today, parents needing their children too much. Children can need their parents, but parents should never need their children. Not in a clingy sort of way.
When parents need their children too much it can even turn into slavery. When a parent cannot handle it if you don't answer the phone when they call, that is slavery. When a parent tries to control what you eat, where you live, and who you talk to, that is slavery.
Don't let your parents overly control you. When anyone lets their parents overly control them, then their parents are God to them and not God. Only God should dictate a person's every action, not other people, never other people.
Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And where the spirit of control is, there is Satan.
Satan loves to control people, and Satan inspires others to try to control you. Why? Because if other people are controlling you, then God's Holy Spirit cannot control you. Then you have idolatry rather than a worship of God. Then you worship people and their thoughts and opinions rather than God.
If Satan can get you to worship people rather than God, he will, any time.
If you ever feel that someone is trying to control what you do, unless it is something that is actually healthy and good for you, that is inspired by Satan. Resist any person's attempts to overly control you.
Don't be completely un-submissive to good people, but don't be a slave to bad people either. Don't let yourself submit to the wrong people; people who don't love you and who only want to control you. If someone clearly just wants what they want, no matter what's best for you, then they are not a good person. Distance yourself from such people.
If someone, anyone, demands that you answer the phone every single time they call, don't. That is then you saying that you don't have to come to their every beck and call. You are not their slave. You are your own person.
If someone tries to tell you what to do, don't do it. Then they get the message that they can't control you. You can make your own decisions. Don't let other people make your decisions for you.
The more we cater to people that are trying to control us and the more we let them control us, the more controlling they will BECOME.
We create our own monsters. We treat people how to treat us. If you let yourself be someone else's puppet, then they will expect you to remain that lifeless and easily controllable puppet forever.
Don't be a puppet; be a person. Stand up for yourself!
Don't let other people try to tell you how to live your life, how to raise your kids, what food to eat etc. Make your own decisions!
Let God make your decisions and not other people. Don't let people be your God. Make sure God is your God. Amen.
May God bless you!
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