Help! I’m Being Manipulated

Manipulation is a painful and destructive relational dynamic. As a pastor and counselor, I’ve tried to help people work through these confusing and turbulent waters. Today, much of the current literature and counsel on the topic focuses on establishing “boundaries” or getting rid of “toxic relationships” in your life. God’s ideal for his children is a life in which we flourish in relationship to him and others (John 10:10). This can’t happen in the context of manipulative relationships.