In order to have a clique, you must exclude certain people. And to feel excluded hurts deeply. David experienced it: \u2018The one who shared my food, has turned against me.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a041:9\u00a0NLT) Cliques are made up of weak people who are afraid to be different. They believe that as long as they\u2019re with others who think and act like they do, they won\u2019t be surprised or required to change. It may be human nature to crave this kind of consistency, but it\u2019s dangerous. Cliques in the workplace create dissension, resulting in a miserable atmosphere for others. People are no longer regarded as individuals but as being \u2018on this person\u2019s side\u2019 or \u2018in that person\u2019s corner\u2019. Such cliques become nothing more than centres for gossip, backstabbing, affairs, and every imaginable mess people can create. <\/p>\n
Satan tempts us with the security of \u2018the group\u2019 to prevent us from discovering our individual gifts and purposes and from doing God\u2019s will. If you\u2019re in a clique, break free as quickly as you can! Reject the pressure to conform to groupthink. This mentality can have you unexpectedly doing things you never thought you would do\u2014whether it\u2019s lowering your principles or remaining quiet while the group criticises someone. You may even fear being turned against by group members if you stand up for what\u2019s right. Cliques facilitate racism and sexism, age discrimination, and the biased behaviour accompanying them. They gain their strength from excluding those who are different. And no matter how you justify it, it\u2019s prejudice! You are God\u2019s child\u2014as are your colleagues and other church members\u2014and you should treat them right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In order to have a clique, you must exclude certain people. And to feel excluded hurts deeply. David experienced it: \u2018The one who shared my food, has turned against me.\u2019 (Psalm\u00a041:9\u00a0NLT) Cliques are made up of weak people who are afraid to be different. They believe that as long as they\u2019re with others who think […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}