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'''7. TAKE CHARGE OVER WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU.''' The master said to the servant who hid his talent, "Why didn't you at least invest my money so I could have received interest?" ([[Matthew 25:24]]–[[Matthew 25:24|27]]) He blamed the master and excused himself. As a result, he fell to the temptation of resentment and fear. He lost everything because he had a victim mentality. | '''7. TAKE CHARGE OVER WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU.''' The master said to the servant who hid his talent, "Why didn't you at least invest my money so I could have received interest?" ([[Matthew 25:24]]–[[Matthew 25:24|27]]) He blamed the master and excused himself. As a result, he fell to the temptation of resentment and fear. He lost everything because he had a victim mentality. | ||
=Day Ten: I’m Feeling Offended= | ==Think it, Say it, Pray it and Believe it == | ||
''No one can keep me down! I am not a victim. I am a victor. I take full responsibility for my responses in life—my attitudes and my decisions. Holy Spirit, I am asking for your help. You live in me, and you are my Helper! I refuse to give away my power by blaming others. I take responsibility for my thoughts, my actions and my REACTIONS. I abandon the idea that my situation is the fault of anyone else. I am an overcomer. I am more than a conqueror, in Jesus’ Name!'' | |||
=Day Ten: I’m Feeling Offended = | |||
Today we are fasting from the thought that says, '''"I'm feeling offended."''' | |||
We all know what's it like to be treated wrongly or unfairly; to be talked about or lied about. It's easy to become offended and feel that we have the right to feel that way. But this is a destructive trap. | |||
==Let's change that negative thought today!== | ==Let's change that negative thought today!== | ||
'''1. Being offended traps you.''' Skandalon (offense) is the trigger of a well-baited trap. When an animal touches the trigger of a snare, it snaps down on him and he is trapped. When you are offended, you are the one caught in the trap. By thinking and knowing this, it will empower you to stay out of the traps. | |||
'''2. Being offended comes from self-righteousness.''' We think, "How could they do that to me? I would never have done that!" But we have all sinned. ([[Romans 3:23]]) Embrace humility with the sure knowledge that you have failed, too. And offense loses its grip on you. | |||
'''3. You can't afford to pay attention!''' [[1 Corinthians 13:5]] (Amplified Bible) says, "Love (God's love in us) is not touchy or fretful or resentful." Why? "Because it pays no attention to a suffered wrong." We get offended when we pay attention to the wrong we have suffered. Stop paying attention. It's too expensive. | |||
'''4. Take back control.''' We let others control us when we pay attention to what they did to us. What God did FOR you is greater than what others have done TO you. Focus on what God has done for you. | |||
'''5. Express UP, not OUT.''' Fully express your anger and hurt out loud to God. Tell Him how much it hurt. Forgive the offender (out loud to God) whether you feel anything or not; and ask Him to heal you. | |||
'''6. NOTHING CAN OFFEND YOU!''' How is that possible? [[Psalm 119:165]] says that those who love the Word have great peace, and nothing offends them. One of the meanings of the Greek word for "love" is "attachment." Attach yourself to what God says, and you'll detach from the power of what others have done or said to you. That's what it means to love God's Word. | |||
==Think it, Say it, Pray it and Believe it== | ==Think it, Say it, Pray it and Believe it== | ||
'' | ''I am free from being offended. I am free from the emotions of offense, bitterness, and the right to feel mad. I will not be trapped by those feelings. I love God's Word. I attach myself to what He said and did. I refuse to pay attention to the wrong done to me. I forgive and release those that have hurt me. I express my feelings to God, and I am healed, in Jesus' Name!'' | ||