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You know, as long as we live, we're going to have to guard our hearts from taking in offense.

You know, all through our life, people are going to hurt us.

Unfair things are going to happen.

We'll be disappointed.

People may say something that's not true.

See, these are all the types of offense that we can't allow to take residency in our heart.

See, we can't allow those things to become part of our lives.

I have seen people who have gone through a difficult divorce. They have been hurt. I've seen

people who have been cheated and it was real. But the difference is those people never let that situation go. They always brought

that situation back into their life. And you know, these types of offenses, they don't do us any good.

You see, they only bring heartache, resentment, bitterness, unforgiveness.

See, that's what offense does when it gets into our heart.

It produces in our life.

That's why we have to make sure that we don't allow what happens to us to get in us. You see, I believe that God

wants us to understand that we are secure in him. You know, we talk about identity. We talk

about what we identify with. You see, if you identify with your job and your job goes

away, then your identity has gone away. If you identify with a person and they make you

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