Manipulating and controlling people – They’re all around us – In corporations, in politics, in the entertainment industry, in our schools, in our circles of friends, in our families, in our homes, and everywhere else. People all around us are attempting to control our lives. Some mean well, but still try to pull us from God’s will for our lives. Others are predators who simply want to use us in some way. Whether they mean well or ill, we must deal with them in a liberating scriptural way that keeps us on God’s path for our lives.