5.12 Offended

Prayers of REST

Asheritah Ciuciu

Devotional, Christianity, Prayer, Religion & Spirituality, Rest

4.9 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Have you ever been confronted by someone and immediately felt offended? Friend, can I encourage you? Before you type out your thoughts in a comment section, before you open your mouth in response, pray. Join me this week as we bring our offense to God, and invite Him to do His perfect work in our hearts. I promise you that when you place your emotions in God’s hands, He will take what is hard and turn it into something good. Because that’s the way of our Good Father. And if you haven’t yet do...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Prayers of Rest podcast. I'm your host, Asherita Choochoo, and let me encourage you,
0:09.6	if you haven't already, go download this season's written prayers so that you can continue to pray
0:16.6	through anger and envy and feelings of judgment and disappointment and anxiety even after these
0:23.8	weekly prayers have ended you can find the downloadable PDF at prayersofrest.com backslash hard
0:32.3	today we're bringing our feelings of offense and being offended before God.
0:41.2	So as we begin, find a quiet place and take a deep breath as we enter into God's loving presence together. Today's reading comes from Psalm 109, verse 28.
1:05.5	While they curse, may you bless. May those who attack me be put to shame, but may your servant rejoice.
1:18.7	Let's begin by reciting God's goodness, praising Him for who he is and for what he has done in our lives.
1:32.3	Oh Lord, you are the God of my salvation. I praise you that you are slow to anger and abounding and steadfast love.
1:39.3	And what you bless remains blessed.
1:43.3	Thank you that I am safe in your love.
1:48.0	And no matter what anyone else says or does,
1:52.0	no matter what offense comes against me,
1:56.0	thank you that no one can turn your love from me.
2:00.0	How great is your love for your children.
2:06.5	How safe we are in your embrace.
2:11.1	So take a few moments to talk to God about the situation that is causing your heart offense? Can you recognize his loving kindness with you
2:20.9	even in the midst of this hard place? Feel free to pause this episode if you need more time to talk to him. I'm I'm I'm I'm you're I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm Let's move now to express our neediness.
3:02.3	Heavenly Father, I confess that there are some people who just rub me the wrong way. It seems like they're
3:10.3	purposefully trying to annoy me or they just go out of their way to offend me. And that might not be true.
3:21.2	It might not really be the way things are, but it sure feels that way.
3:25.0	And honestly, it's hard to love them.
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