THE BEST RESPONSE TO PEOPLE WHO TRY TO PROVOKE YOU IS OFTEN NO RESPONSE

People who have demons (including unhealed Christians) love to provoke you to get you angry and then point their finger at you blaming you for losing it because they love the power rush of feeling that they can control you to make you get angry, raise your voice and yell at them. It takes a spiritually strong person to simply not respond and walk away when someone provokes you. The key is not to stay in the same room forever when the person begins to provoke you because their demons are very cunning and adept at knowing exactly what to say to you to hurt you and get you angry and cause you to want to explode on them and then you come out looking like the bad guy or girl.

So what does the Bible say to do when someone tries to push you into an argument or dispute?

2 Timothy 2:23-26 NKJV

“But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.”

Self control is a fruit of the spirit but is hard to walk in unless you are healed from your soul wounds, have forgiven everyone from your heart, repented for sin and commanded demons out. When you are healed and delivered you will be able to simply ignore those who try to provoke you and simply walk away, hang up the phone, block them and then keep your peace on.