Prayer To Withdraw From Every Toxic Relationship In Your Life

When Others Are Toxic

God does not want us to stay when we are in a toxic relationship. Why spend your time, effort, and resources seeking acceptance from people who are so wrapped up in themselves that they can’t accommodate anybody else in their lives? Why spend your spiritual gifts on people who aren’t appreciating the One who lives inside you?

If a person in your life is toxic to your mental, spiritual, or physical health, often the wisest decision is to put some distance between you and them. God’s greatest desire is to set us free, and sometimes that means facing the person and saying “stop, no more” and walking away.

In Galatians 4:7-10, the Apostle Paul admonishes the church for listening to someone who was spreading lies and shaking people’s faith in God. He spoke pretty harshly upon the troublesome person too (Galatians 4:12). Paul goes on to say that love is the better option, but that distance may be necessary for “if you bite and devour one another,” you may end up hurting each other a lot worse (Galatians 4:14-15).

Being angry and frustrated by a toxic situation, relationship is perfectly normal. Typically, that’s our mind’s way of alerting us to the fact that something is very wrong. If you’re in a toxic environment, you do not need to “get used to it” or “just get over it.” God wants you to remove yourself from these situations.