I am reading an incredibly insightful book. It is about recognising and dealing with offence. Let me give you some quotes as a taster - then go buy it!
"An offended Christian is one who takes in life but, because of fear, cannot release it."
Offense causes agape love to grow cold. "We need to develop faith in the love of God " and how it works.
"You need to realise that when you sow the love of God you WILL reap the love of God. You need to develop faith in this spiritual law - even thought you may not harvest it from the field in which you sowed, or a quickly as you would like."
When Jesus died he freely forgave all who contributed to his death. Because he had faith in the Father's love!
"I knew that because I had sown love, I would reap love from many sons and daughters of the Kingdom. Because of my sacrifice of love, they would love me."
"No longer did I (the author) see it as a failure when love wasn't returned from the person I was giving it to. It freed me to love that person even more! If more Christians recognised this, they wouldn't give up and become offended. Usually this is not the type of love we walk in. We walk in a selfish love that is easily disappointed when our expectations are not met."
"If I have no expectations about someone, anything given is a blessing and not something owed. We set ourselves up for offense when we require certain behaiours from those with whom we have relationships. The more we expect, the greater the potential for offense."p. 15-16 "The Bait of Satan - Living Free from the deadly trap of offense." John Bevere
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