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We got to stop getting mad every time something happens in our life that we think is unfair.

There's a lot of unfair stuff in life, but God is a God of justice. And I want to tell you

that that means he will make every wrong thing right. But...

How many would say that you're having some trouble in your life right now?

All right. Well, the title of this today is Don't Be Offended My Trouble.

Offended. The word offense comes from a Greek word pronounced standalone and it's actually

the part of the trap where you hang the bait that draws the animal in that allows you to capture it.

So Satan loves offense. He loves it when we get offended each other. He loves it when we get offended.

At God, he really likes that. He loves it when we are offended. And the Bible says that some people

are offended by trouble. I got too many things appearing. They're not one to stay where I want them to go.

And I think that offense, I was thinking about it. I think it's like having a hang nail in your spirit.

It's like I'm sure you've all had a hang nail at some time and you...

when you hit it out, so you'll trim it down as much as you can. But you never can get it all the

all the way to the root so the thing grows back out again. And they hurt. They hurt if you get them on

your toes and you get them stuck in the covers at night. And the only way you can really get rid of

that hang nail is to yank that baby out by the roots. And we know that hurts. But sometimes we have

things in our life that we just keep trying to trim and they just keep growing back out. And we

need to go after the root and get rid of the root of the problem. Is there anybody here who's been

messing with the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over for years and

years and years? Well, maybe it's time for you just to get it over with, get the root out,

stop having that same problem all the time. In Mark chapter 4 verses 14 through 17,

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