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Spirit of Offense

“You’re Not Sensitive; You  Have a Spirit of Offense” by Dr.J. 

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“No you’re not sensitive; you have a spirit of offense,” Holy Spirit said to me. I was deceived by the enemy my entire life; thinking I was just sensitive and it was legitimate to be that way but all along I had a spirit of offense. The lie has been exposed now and I declare and decree that I’m delivered in Jesus’s name. 

The spirit of offense is a deeply rooted and powerful evil spirit. It makes you think everyone is out to get you. That spirit makes it almost impossible to survive in any type of relationship because you get offended by everything your spouse, family or friends do and say. You feel justified in your sensitivity too and you are hardly ever wrong. And in the event someone did intentionally offend you, do you have to take offense? Holy Spirit says, “No. Send the spirit of offense back to hell.” How many relationships have been destroyed because of this spirit? The spirit is a silent killer and it has gone undetected long enough. Ask yourself what about the comment offends you. Get to the root of your issue because it is your issue. Let’s grow and move forward in this spiritual walk. We will not receive another spirit from Satan and we will not allow his spirits to dominate us any more. Dr.J. 

Empowerment

“Playing the Victim” by Dr.J.

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We have so many offenses that Jesus has had to cover in our lifetime and before we were even born. However, in our human proclivity to sin, we struggle covering the offenses of others. In my purging process (yesssss more stuff is in here), Holy Spirit showed me how I played the role of victim all too well. God said to me, “Do you trust me beloved?” I’m like, “Trust You? Yes I trust You. What does trust have to do with me being a victim of offenses? The enemy is always messing with me – using people!” Jesus! 

Holy Spirit revealed to me that if I trust God and that He is in control of my life, how can I be a victim? If it’s happening to me, God’s hand is on me so He is allowing it for my good. My God! Foster love in your offenses. If someone offends you, show him love. Foster love. Create an atmosphere of love. Is it discernment or suspicion? Love believes the best.

Have you ever made the mistake of repeating the offense? I don’t mean doing it back to them -that too- but I mean “saying it” to someone else. Do you have a circle of friends or coworkers or even your spouse to whom you repeat the offenses done to you and to/with whom you talk about your offenders? I had to holler when I read this scripture. Jesus! 

Proverbs‬ ‭17:9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.”

‭‭We have to stop repeating the offenses, giving power to it, and causing dissension, conflict, and separation between and among people. 

“The ripping up of faults is the ripping out of love, and nothing tends more to the separating of friends, and setting them at variance, than the repeating of matters that have been in variance.” -Blue Letter Bible

Pray about offenses and offenders. Pray and ask God to show you your heart. Why am I offended? Why am I playing the victim when I’m clearly the victor through Christ Jesus? Why am I running and telling my best friends and/or spouse about people when it causes dissension? 

Holy Spirit help us. Help us not to be offended and not to repeat the offenses done to us. Continue to purge us and reveal our hearts to us in Jesus’s name. Dr.J. 

Grace

“Stop Being Offended” by Dr.J.

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We have to stop being offended in Jesus’s name. Proverbs 19:11 says it is to our glory and ultimately the glory of God to overlook an offense. Is the opposite true? Is it to our detriment to hold on to offenses and anger in our hearts? I would say “yes!” We need to let it go. We need to make a spiritual effort this week to overlook all offenses and to love on our offenders. The enemy is going to use some people this week to offend you. So instead of focusing on offenses, let’s ask Holy Spirit to show us our own hearts. What’s in “me” Lord that causes me to be offended? That’s our focus. Fix our hearts so that we aren’t bothered…for real. 

Overlook offenses people of God. Seek revelation about your own spirit in Jesus’s name. To be able to do this, we have to trust God. It is to YOUR GLORY to to overlook offenses. Dr.J. 

Operating in the Holy Spirit

“Why Are You Offended?” by Dr.J.

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I told God on someone who said something to me that offended me. The Holy Spirit told me I needed to stay humble and understand that offense is rooted in pride. He had me to reflect deeply on why I was offended. He showed me why the comment had such a sting. He reminded me that He is still my vindicator but I didn’t need to get offended by things people say or do. “God, what about the person who made that heartless comment to me?” God said, “I know the motives of her heart but let me handle her.”

This walk isn’t fleshly at all. We have to stay in the spirit and operate in the fruit of the spirit. People will knowingly and unknowingly be used by Satan to say and do offensive things to you. God just wants to know how you will respond. Offense is in the demonic family of pride. Renounce the spirit of offense in Jesus’s name. Let people say and do what they want and let God handle them. Dr.J.