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0:22 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphries. And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to0:28 the broadcast today. Today, we're gonna be talking about the prison of offense. How much is it? Is it so bad for us when we pick up offenses? It is0:40 a prison. Can be so easy to do. Because you can pick up an offense and you can hold that grudge and hold that offense for eternity, and I'm0:51 telling you, it is doing nothing for you, but in fact, it's blocking your blessings, it's causing you to not get blessed, it's having all kinds of trouble that1:03 you're really bringing upon yourself because you're picking up an offense, you're the 1 who's drinking the poison and expecting it to hurt the other person.1:12 Well, with offenses, like if you think about it, the Lord's Supper is something that we don't take lightly. When you take the bread,1:24 which is the body and drink the cup, which represents the blood, the Bible says before you do these things, if you have an offense,1:36 stop. Stop right there and go and make it right with your brother or your sister. Whoever has offended you, go make it right. Now1:48 sometimes we can't make it right because this person has gone on to be with the Lord or this person1:57 Or they're dangerous.1:58 They're dangerous1:59 or We're not saying you have to go get into that kind of muck and But when you do all you know to do Right. And also, it can just be really praying for them as well because2:11 there's some things in my life that go way back to childhood and that actually the people don't wanna, you know, that might think you're on my my journey because they don't2:23 wanna know the Lord and there's things like that. And so when there's people who kinda like to say, just we don't wanna hear about it, stay out2:29 of our lives. Like there's a there's at a certain point Because of your relationship with the Lord, they they think you've gone off the rails. Yeah. And you2:38 can't at a certain point, it's like, will die on that sword. I don't care what anybody thinks about or says, if they call me a Jesus freak, I'm like, hallelujah, I did my job. Because because, you know but there's gonna2:49 be people who are gonna come after you, come against you, even just because of that, just because of your relationship with the Lord. Right. And so we have to learn to pick and choose and stay3:01 calm in the midst of the storm because Well,3:05 and when you think about it, Jesus said Himself that He would be a rock of offense, that He did not come to bring peace. Everybody always thinks that3:16 you're gonna have peace because Jesus is involved but he is offensive. If you start talking about God, people are like, you know, yeah,3:28 you know, it's like a little devotional or something. But you say Jesus and you can see the room begin to scatter, right? You know who else can3:39 feel it? At the name of Jesus, the It says he has to flee. But listen to this scripture. It's in Ecclesiastes ten:four. If the anger of the3:50 ruler rises against you, do not leave your place for calmness will lay great offenses to rest. Isn't that awesome? You staying calm4:02 will bring all those offenses and lay them to rest because so many times if you're in a situation where somebody's gonna say something to you or come against you or even if it's your own household, you know4:14 how we, you know, that's here with day in and day out. So that's where a lot of offenses come up, that's where a lot of, you know, strife happens. But if you're gonna pick up that bait and if4:26 you're gonna go right back and say, yeah, but, and this and that, and you're gonna start a whole thing, but if you just stay real calm, stay real calm in the midst of that fence, or even give a kind word,4:38 because the Bible says a kind word can break a bone. Not that you want to go break your family member's bones, but you can bring a calm to that storm by you saying, You know, I'm4:50 really sorry you feel that way but you know, we'll just agree to disagree. You diffuse that fire.4:56 Well and especially when, say for example, you're praying for someone and I can remember a couple of times whenever the Lord has really had me hone in5:08 on someone because I had such a burden, for example my brother and then I had another friend that I worked with that the Lord just every day would just give me such5:20 a burden for them and they were giving me a hard time. When I would talk about the Lord, it was offensive to them and my brother would outright mock me. He would5:32 just mock me as only a little brother could do, right? But I mean, he wasn't, know, and the other girl that I was praying for, she was pretty equally offensive actually.5:45 But the Lord did save them. But it was so offensive to them. Jesus is offensive to people because the bible says that the gospel is5:57 like the stench of death to those who are perishing. But it's like a fragrance to those who are saved. So when someone is perishing and you say Jesus,6:09 it just reminds them that they're perishing and that's why there's such an offense with it. But you've gotta press in, stay calm like what Naina was saying and just don't even let6:21 it affect you. Just stay calm and keep witnessing and don't give up because you're going to offend those that you're witnessing to with the name of Jesus.6:31 Well, you have to understand that this is a broken world full of broken people and hurt people hurt people. And so many times you can step back and say, what6:42 is actually causing this hurt and pain in that person? Do they really mean it? Or, you know, is it a cry for help, what they're saying? Is it is it you know, sometimes when they're coming at6:54 you about Jesus, sometimes they're just struggling to want to know the answers themselves, and they don't want to admit that they're asking about it. So they're just going to, like, debate you, but almost in an offensive7:06 way. And so when you come at them, back to them with the Word of God, you're gonna be planting seeds because that cannot return void. Right. And so when you lay the groundwork, you7:18 just speak, you know, the Word to them and you tell them what God says about things and you don't pick up the offense of what their accusatory tone comes at you. So many times it's the attitude.7:30 And did you ever hear the old saying that says, don't get mad, get even? I think we should say, don't get mad, get ahead, And be ahead with the word of God. You take the high road, you7:42 take the road less traveled, you speak that. You just go from that place because picking up an offense is so easy to do. Trust me, it's been a big7:54 thing for me. Forgiveness has been a big thing and a big issue in my life because of offenses ever since I was a little, little girl. And so we have to learn to lay those things down. That's how we stay blessed.8:06 Having no ought. We're gonna talk more about that when we come right back. Stay right there.8:11 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus8:22 Christ. When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten,8:34 and the overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungry to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by8:46 logging on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b f m 14 888:57 road number 1 22 Magnolia, Texas 77354. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission9:09 today. Give now.9:13 Welcome back. You're watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. Today, we're talking about the prison of offense. And why is it such a prison? Because the bible tells us to have no ought. When you have9:25 ought against somebody, you are holding on to these grudges and then that becomes your perception, that becomes your reality. You're just it's what you're preoccupied with all the time.9:37 It's what you're gonna keep bringing up and rehearsing it and going over it. And there is a time and a place where you you can, you know, kind of get through a tough patch. And the Bible9:49 says 70 times 7 a day is how much we have to forgive. And that's not because they're hurting you 70 times 7 a day, but it's because the devil's bringing it up. Yeah. But we10:00 have to learn to cut that off, to know what he's doing, to not pick up that bait because it is so important that we lay the offenses down and we give that all to the Lord.10:12 100 percent. And you know, Jesus talks about the parable where there's the man who owed so much money and10:25 the debt collector forgave that man that owed all that money and yet when someone owed him just a little bit of money, he would10:37 not forgive them, he wanted to throw them in prison. So he ended up owing all the money again. They saw that he was not going to be10:48 forgiving so he ended up owing the money again. So if we don't forgive, we cannot be forgiven. Jesus paid it11:00 all, he forgave us of all of our sins. When we go to heaven, the bible says he has washed our sins as far as the east is from the11:12 west, to be And so Jesus did that for us. So God expects us to forgive others in the same way11:24 that we have been forgiven. Now that can be hard. Mean think about people that have had their loved 1 murdered, who11:35 have possibly been molested or raped or I mean how do you get over the big ones? That's tough. Only Jesus11:47 can do that but he actually can because haven't you seen those court cases where some great offense has happened and the victim or the family of11:59 the victim, they've gone up and hugged the offender and there's not a dry eye in the courtroom because that's from God.12:11 You cannot get over something where you've lost a loved 1 like a drunk driver or something like that and then there's this forgiveness of12:22 that offense once you've lost your loved 1. I mean, how do you get over that, right, except for God?12:29 Well, and being a godly example in the way that people are always watching us and they wanna know a lot of people who know our stories and know us know a lot of the things that we've gone through. And,12:41 you know, I did go through, a divorce because of adultery. And when I'm saying that betrayal like that is 1 of the hardest things. I have been through a lot of things. I've had a12:53 lot of things to forgive in my life, but there's a betrayal, that is a hurt like none other. But I can talk about that. I know every day I had to give that to God. And I13:05 remember 1 day when I read the scripture, and I knew that scripture, but I knew God was just wanting me to have it right then, when I saw that you have to bless your enemies. And I was like, but I can't13:17 do that. I was like literally having an argument with God. And I was like, there is no way that I want him blessed. There's none. There's no way. And it's like, you know, you have But you prayed it. But you did prayed.13:27 Prayed.13:27 And then you were mad whenever he was When13:30 I found out that Actually,13:32 God answered the prayer, you were all ticked off and called And I said, you13:36 didn't really mean that. Well, no. God said that to me, and he said, you are obsessed with the judgment of the godless, and I will take care of that. And all I was doing was13:48 he was just living his life. He didn't seem to care that he had hurt me, I thought, what am I gonna do? Am I gonna hang on to this hurt and and where he's just obviously I didn't hurt him, so he's over there14:00 living his life. And so all I know is that I had to repent of that because I knew that me holding on to that, first of14:12 all, not it wasn't serving any good. It wasn't it wasn't gonna hurt him. It wasn't gonna serve me in any way. It wasn't gonna be a godly example to my children or my family in any way. It was just like hurt. And when14:24 you're hurt, it's like, you know, there's no joy. And so you hanging on to all this just steals your joy. And then, but knowing that now God has used me in14:36 so many, so many times in this same area to help other women who are going through that very same thing and who know what that feels like and to help and walk them through that and to14:48 pray over them. And I can and now it's just a testimony. I I do hope he's blessed. I I don't it doesn't hurt me. You know, when that's how you know the whole 70 times 7 a15:00 day that you need to keep forgiving, keep asking the Lord, he will help you forgive because we sometimes it's just beyond something we can do on our own and we say, God, help me in15:11 this area. Help me forgive these people. You give these offenses to God and you remember that Jesus was beaten and whipped and called names and15:23 he didn't even look like a person at the end of the day. And he15:27 said forgive them because they don't know15:29 what they're doing. And what he went through was just so we're not going through things that aren't common to man. I know that there's some horrible things people are going through,15:41 but God will take care of all of them when we give it to him. And he wants your yoke to be easy. He wants your burden to be light. And when we cast our cares and give these offenses to him, he15:53 will give you a peace and that's what we need. When you wanna be offended, you need to go find the peace Right. And stay in a place of peace.16:02 And and, you know, and and think about, like, if you ever want an you see families that have been destroyed because of an inheritance. Know because that's16:12 all evil, that's the reason.16:14 Money, yeah. Whenever people grab for money and they feel like things are unfair or whatever but this is your family. You need to try to solve this in your16:25 heart. If you feel like you were wronged, no, God can give back to a hundredfold, a thousandfold, he's God. So don't, just lay that on16:37 the altar. What is behind you? The bible says forgetting those things which are behind and pressing forward to the high calling of16:47 Jesus And16:49 so you have to just lay down your offenses, where you've been wronged. And and and we are gonna talk more about this when we come back.17:03 We wanna honor God because he sees everything.17:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the god of all things possible. He's the god of17:22 all miracles.17:30 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. To see see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus17:42 Christ. When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten, and17:53 the overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungering to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by18:05 logging on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b f m 14 8818:17 road number 1 22 Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission18:29 today. Give now.18:32 Hey. Welcome back. You're watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle, and we're talking about the prison of offense because it really is a prison that you put yourself in by holding on to18:43 an offense. It could be something someone said to you that you're just saying, I can't believe they said that. It can be that all the way to some deep, deep hurt and pain that you've been walking18:55 around for years and you're not even realizing the harm and the damage that's causing19:01 And the heaviness. There's an oppression that comes with unforgiveness.19:04 And it can cause ailments19:06 in It really can. And so God knows what you think already. He knows things you don't know about yourself. And so when I have, I've thought about19:18 different times in my life when I was so offended and not many things caused me not to sleep but there have19:26 couple of know, she sleeps good.19:27 Yes, there have been a couple of times I have just been so mad that I could barely sleep. And you know, those are hard times and so it's just like God, you know exactly19:39 what I think. I wish I could take this anger out myself but I don't know how. But I'm asking you right now to do whatever19:52 you know to do and take this out, pluck this out by the roots because I need to get some sleep. Mean this is just crazy20:04 how upset I am. And God is able to do that. He's able to put things in perspective. You can get in the word and look for things in the word20:15 because it's our toolbox. You can look for scriptures in the word that can help you get over whatever offense it is. Because I guarantee you, you have never been hung on a20:27 cross to the point of death where they beat you with a cat 9 tails, you know it was a whip and to where you were20:38 unrecognizable, no one's ever done that to you where you died and came back, right? Yet he did all of that under those offenses and20:50 he came back to life so that you could be forgiven and so you could forgive others. Yes.20:58 Yes. It's so hard but it's so important. The bible says in Proverbs 10 12, hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all offenses.21:10 And that's so hard to do sometimes, but if you could realize I'm gonna love them anyway. I'm gonna say something kind in spite of this. I'm gonna overcome evil with21:22 good. And so whatever the devil's trying to trip you up with because let me tell you, he's got your number down. Whatever has worked for you before, if this is what's maybe21:33 it's some always some person in your life that some family member or someone you know21:39 Favorite offender.21:40 That's that's the chief offender in your life. You know, you're gonna be so like, oh, I gotta meet with that person or that person's coming around and I'm just and you're kinda ready for it.21:51 And sometimes you gotta watch that that you're not gonna just be You pre argue. You're gonna grab at anything. Did you hear that? Or or, you know, whatever. You have to go with it saying, okay.22:04 I'm not gonna I'm gonna choose to not be offended today. I'm gonna love on that person. I'm gonna speak kind words. You know, that is how we overcome. We again, we overcome22:15 evil with good. You take the exact opposite of what the devil's stricken you to be offended by and you just say kindness and say, oh I never thought of it that way. Thanks for pointing that out.22:27 Don't let them have upper hand on that.22:31 Well that's true and you can do that, what you're saying and know fake it till you make it kinda thing for a season or for a while. But when you22:43 fake it till you make it and inside you're so ticked off you can barely bear it because you actually have concealed hatred, God can pull that out.22:55 Know, because God has to do a work of the heart to get down into the deep recesses of your heart and pull up these offenses to where you put23:07 them all in God's perspective. And the bible says that he is the balm of Gilead, that's like a medicine. He is that Jesus is. So when you begin, and I23:19 say this from personal experience, you know the Lord has spoken to me before and said you have concealed hatred. He said that to me. And I said, yeah but I don't know what to do about it. I don't23:30 know how to fix that. Do ever Intangible. And so I just said, God, I have to give that to you because I have no idea how to get in there and fix that myself.23:42 Did you ever have a Mount Vesuvius moment? Because I'll say sometimes23:45 it comes from a long line of over reactors.23:49 I say, you know, you'll stuff it down, stuff it down. You'll say nothing, say nothing, say nothing, and then you're you erupt. And it does not do anybody any any good. And I know sometimes when24:01 I'm having 1 of those moments it's rare because it's, like, funny because my husband, like, I'll get so mad at someone on the television, anything. And it's like and then I'm spewing all this stuff, and I say, I know in24:12 my spirit I'm hearing, stop at Naina. Be quiet, Naina. Back24:16 up, Naina. Like, I know that24:17 the Lord is like because, you know, once you unleash these things out of your mouth,24:22 you should crack it.24:23 You cannot put it back. You gotta be careful because what you say, you know, you can somebody can tell you 1000 compliments and someone say 1 mean thing to you, and that's the same person. You rehearse it. And that's24:34 what you're gonna remember. And so we have to be so careful that we don't get baited into all of that evil and we're gonna pray about it.24:43 Right. And and so don't rehearse it, reverse it and curse it. So let's pray.24:50 That's the24:50 offense. That's right. Father we thank you God that you are the God, you're the only 1 that can get inside our hearts and change us for real to25:02 where God we can walk in that love, the genuine love and sincere love to where that the hatred or the offense, whatever we have built up through25:14 the flesh, we ask you God right now to forgive us and pull this up. Help us to not have an offense with anyone Lord. As far as it's25:25 concerned with us, we will be at peace with all men. Father we pray in Jesus name make it so, amen.25:34 Amen, amen. And we are so glad you joined us today on the broadcast however you are watching us. We invite you over to follow us on all of our social media. We are all over Facebook, Grace25:46 Grace with Naina and Michelle, Naina Keegan Ministries. We have a brand new podcast wherever your favorite podcasts are played, we're on there. And we are also on Rumble, so you can follow25:58 us on all of these. I also have a couple of books filled with devotions. Proceeds of those go to our affiliation with CBN's Orphan's Promise. So stay26:10 tuned, we want you to hear this exciting message from Darrell Youngblood. You won't wanna miss it. He's got an awesome powerful ministry. So stay at peace. Great shall be your peace and undisturbed26:21 composure. We love you. God bless Does26:24 science disprove God? Is there a war between science and faith? We don't need God to create a universe. There's no evidence for God, and it's irrational. Is there no evidence for God? Am I delusional for my26:36 beliefs? 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