In the world today, there is an opportunity around every corner to become offended. Our culture's climate is ripe with reasons to be disillusioned and disappointed every single day. Add on situations that arise in relationships, both causal and intimate, that leave us feeling upset and wounded, and you see that what author and Bible-teacher John Bevere calls "the Bait of Satan", is just waiting for you to hold.

Jesus tells us in Luke 17:1 that it is impossible that no offenses should come, but what we do when faced with offense will be a determining factor in our spiritual, emotional, mental, and even physical health.

In this episode, hosts Cynthia Huffmyer and Jenni Zabel have an honest conversation about this important topic of offense in hopes to equip the Body of Christ in how to handle ourselves in a way that honors God and is best for us in the long run.

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Recommended reading on offense:

The Bait of Satan, by John Bevere

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Scriptures on offense:

Luke 17:1-4

"He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3 Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”

Proverbs 17:9

"He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends."

Proverbs 19:11

"A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook a transgression."

2 Corinthians 6:3

"giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited."

Proverbs 18:19

"A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle."

Leviticus 19:18

"You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord."

Colossians 3:13

"bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive."

Proverbs 10:12

"Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses."

1 Peter 2:19

For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.