Guard your heart as you prepare to enter a new season. God has a new level for you to go to and you must shake off the viper of offense to get there.
The number one strategy the enemy assigns against you is to get your heart offended. He knows that if he can offend your heart, it can short circuit the blessing of God in your life. NOTHING is worth that!
If you have had something arise in your life that has caused your heart to become offended, it means that God has an amazing blessing coming your way. Maybe someone mistreated you. Maybe hurtful words were used towards you. Maybe someone judged your heart wrongly. Maybe someone rejected you. Maybe someone was just plain mean to you.
Offense Gives the Gift of Anger & Depression
These things happen to us and maybe it’s happening to you right now. I want you to hear these words deep in your spirit. No matter how wrong the other person is and no matter how right you are, offense can feel justifiable. But you cannot afford to give it space in your heart and mind. The gift offense gives you is anger. And anger leads to discouragement and depression.
God showed me that anger is a doorway to depression. There are physical and spiritual reasons for this. When you get angry and stressed it releases negative hormones in your body which make you feel bad. It will affect your emotions and state of mind. The more you replay and rehearse a hurtful moment, the more negativity is released in your mind, soul, and physical body.
It’s also spiritual. “Don’t let the sun go down on your anger and give the devil a foothold.” (Eph 4: 26-27) When we allow anger to sit unresolved in us, we open a door to the enemy to bring oppression over us. This will rob your joy and peace and make you feel terrible inside.
I’ve also seen people’s destinies and even ministry callings short circuited by roots of bitterness that started out with an offense. They chose unforgiveness and invited anger to take up residence inside of them. They became miserable and eventually started to hurt everyone around them. Relationships were damaged and some never fully repaired because of the abuse that happened as a result of the overflow of anger that came from unhealed hurt and offense.
You Cannot Afford to Lose One Moment to Offense
Here’s what you are going to do with me right now. You are going to shake off offense like Paul shook the viper from his arm in Acts 28:5. When the enemy tries to latch on and poison you with offense, you have to shake it off. It’s a choice. But prayer is a powerful weapon you have to defeat it.
I sense in my heart that many are dealing with this right now. If that’s you, please pray this out loud with me.
“God, I confess my offense to you. Even though I’m hurt and angry and feel like this situation if completely unfair, I ask you to forgive my offense and cleanse my heart. I command offense to leave me. I shake off the viper of offense back into the fire! God take the poison of it out of my heart and heal me. I command offense and anger to go and I ask you God for your grace to forgive and love. In Jesus name I pray the blood of Jesus over my heart, mind, soul and body. I refuse to give offense and anger a place in my life. In Jesus name. Amen”
You Have to Equip Yourself Against this Demonic Onslaught
Offense is an onslaught from the enemy. I have walked through this myself! But I know you can live so free and joyful that you will laugh at what the enemy is trying to do.
People have testified that my teaching on this subject has helped them experience total freedom from abuse in their life!
I want to help you completely overcome this demonic attack. The enemy is going to regret messing with you!
Matt Sorger
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